Lola

[spanishsenorita25]

So following on from my other tread, having done some research it seems Lola is used quite a bit in Spain. Not used as much as Sofia or Lucia.
There is also some different meanings out there and positive meanings not just "woman of sorrows". It's really growing on me and rolls off the tongue.

What are your thoughts on Lola?
Does it sound Spanish enough?
What is your favourite out of Lola, Lucia or Sofia? And which would you pick?

Thank you.

I like Sofia, not keen on Lucia.

A friend has a 4yo Lola, I initially thought of the song a few years ago but not as a negative. Now having children myself I know lots of Lola’s and it’s just a pretty, reasonably popular girls name.

It was the cheap champagne in the club in old Soho that tastes just like cherry cola . . . (sorry, have that song by heart).

I love the name Lola and only have positive associations with it. I think the current generation won’t associate it with some of the things mentioned on here, just with being a pretty name that’s familiar, simple, easy to spell and pronounce and lovely for all ages. I like that it’s not so overused as Sofia too.

Love Lola (Kinks fan) but Dolores is beautiful if you have a Spanish connection. Out of the others Sofia. I'd go for Luz over Lucia, personally, if indeed you have a Spanish connection.

I prefer Sofia .. Lola is a showgirl - who dated Rico, or was it Tony?

Anyway! That's where my mind goes, when I hear LOLA!

The new MP for Darlington is Lola McEvoy. So it’s a name that has been around in the UK for a while, can’t speak for Spain.

Thank you, I'm definitely starting to get attached to Lola. It just rolls off the tongue and there's something really appealing about it.

"She was Lola in slacks"

🤮

There might have been a version to promote Cherry Cola 😮

Well, I'm not dumb but I can't understand
Why she walk like a woman and talk like a man
Oh my Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
La-la-la-la Lola

Is this why? (sorry, could not stop myself)

Maybe Lola could be used as a nn for Louisa/Luisa? (which is a classic that’s used in most countries, so travels well)

I must admit I find Lola a bit nickname-like on its own, and the Manilow song instantly plays in my head, followed by the Kinks but that might not be as relevant in Spain. Do you speak Spanish OP? You might be better off asking on a Spanish site.

Of your 3 choices I’d probably go for Sofia.

It's a dogs name

Same. I’m a little older than you, but these songs are extremely famous and enduring. Particularly The Kinks! The songs and connotations have not fallen into obscurity.

I would find the endless number of dogs called Lola quite off putting too.

Sorry- too babyish for me. My Spanish heritage neice is called Miranda and that seems to work if that's any help to you. It's shortened to Mira sometimes.

What’s the Spanish connection? Are you moving here? Lola isn’t actually used that much in Spain on its own, it’s a nickname name. I asked a Spanish friend about the name, as we have a young relative in the UK with it, and she thought it was more appropriate for pets. Lola is more commonly used in areas like Malaga, where you see informal names. If you are moving to an upscale part of Madrid for example, something like Clara, Alba, Sofía would be much more in keeping. My kids are at private school here and it’s all Jacabo, Alma, Iago, Hugo and the three above .. classic feel.

I like both Sofia and Lola, both soft sounding feminine names.
Lucia not quite as much.

My DGD is Lola, when talking about name before she was born I said my colleagues dog is called Lola.
She is now 6, sass on legs and so energetic, bubbly and funny, she is definitely Lola.

I think Lola is lovely and that you seem more drawn to it. In Spain people do not make the same connections.

I know a couple of little Lola's. It's not that unusual in the under tens.

Tbh, the song association would bother me. But I love the Kinks....

I prefer Lucia.
My child has a friend called Lola and my brain is awful for triggering songs when people say things that are lyrics from songs so I always get the ‘Lola, she was a showgirl’ song in my head whenever my child says her name.
Most people call her ‘Lo’ though.

I’m not keen on Lola. It’s just not a very serious name to me. A bit infantile. I much prefer Lucia.

Yeah the Lolita association would really put me off I'm afraid.

I think of the Barry Manolo song too or Charlie and Lola but I’m older.
Its probably not that relevant what anyone here thinks, unless they are Spanish.
Lola is a nice name.

Barry Manolo? The guys with high heels? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Lucia is a lovely name. I am not a fan of Sofia, that one has got to be my least favourite.