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Thoughts on Lola
Several little girls I've met recently have been called Lola. I've never thought much of it before, but I'm growing to like it, WDYT?
Plus, one of their names was spelt Lolah, (I prefer Lola.)
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I think Lola is such a cute name. I love the way it sounds and looks, but the meaning puts me off! I could never use a name that means sorrows, I just don't like that at all.
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stripper nameI don't like it. Between the two songs and Lolita, it has too many bad connotations, mostly related to sex. And on top of that it's tacky and trendy. And a nickname.
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I think it is incredibley tacky. On the plus side, there was a baby in the NICU with my little sister for the same amount of time (they were born a day apart and went home 3 days apart) named Lola. She was Lola Francesca Eve and a more fiesty little babe you have never met! We still see her family quite a bit and she is a gorgeous child so that has changed my perception of the name a little...but any Lola is going to have Barry Manilo sung to her wherever she goes.
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I don't like it. It sounds cheesy and reminds me of that Barry Manilow song. However, I used to think Layla and Lyla also sounded as bad, and now I like them alright.
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Well, it's my nickname. My kid brother couldn't say Laura... no r sounds until he was almost 8. Lola was the closest he could come to my name and by the time he was 8, it had stuck. For me Lola's a big, fat, round name. Cosy, comfy & homey. Might be because I've been Lola for so long, it just doesn't scream blowsy to me; that's Lolita. ETA: I like it, but only as a nickname for something more elegant. It works for any L name. I think it's rather sad as a standalone though, there's nothing elegant about Lola.

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I really dislike Lola. It sounds all vamp and transvestite to me.
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I really dislike it. Reminds me of Lola, the showgirl (courtesy Barry Manilow), and The Kinks 'Lola', about a transvestite. I do not see the appeal of this name.
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Lola makes me think of two songs, and I really don't think can form an objective opinion on the name because...well, she's either a showgirl, or she's a man. So, I mean, I suppose the name sounds all right, but the associations are terrible.
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Never liked it. It just sounds terribly cheap and trashy to me, like a loud, fat woman in tight jeans and high heels and too gobs of makeup, getting drunk in a bar and hanging on every man she sees trying to hook up with somebody, anybody, who will buy her a few tacky things.
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Well, it's got history to it so on that count I'm happy to see it being used. But I can't get the "showgirl" image out of my mind.
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I don't care for it. It is a nn really, anyway.
It seems, I don't know, cheap or, erm.. slutty? Sorry to be so harsh! It is not a name I would want to see on a child. Or a person.
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I've always thought it was really cute, despite the Lolita connection. Lola Jacqueline has been a long-time GP. :D
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I don't care for Lola, Lolita, or Lana. Maybe because the movie/book Lolita and Lana Turner. These names just seem trampy to me.I know it isn't just the L sounds. I like Laura, Lara, Lourdes, Laurel, and Lauren.
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