Lolita (given name)
| Lolita | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Spanish |
| Meaning | Suffering |
| Region of origin | Spain |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Lola, Dolores |
Lolita (/ləˈliːtə/, /lɒlˈiːtə/, or US /loʊˈliːtə/)[1] is a female given name of Spanish origin. It is the diminutive form of Lola, a hypocorism of Dolores, which means "suffering" in Spanish.
Popularity
According to the United States Social Security Administration, the popularity of the name Lolita peaked in the United States in 1963, when it was the 467th most popular female name. The SSA has not ranked Lolita in the top 1000 most popular female names given since 1973,[2] and in the 1990 United States Census, Lolita was ranked the 969th most frequent female name out of 4,275 unique names.[3]
The name remains popular in some other countries, e.g. Latvia where its name day is 30 May.[4]
Notable people named Lolita
- Lolita Ananasova (born 1992), Ukrainian swimmer
- Lolita Ayala (born 1951), Mexican journalist
- Lolita Chakrabarti (born 1969), British actress
- Lolita Chammah (born 1983), French actress
- Lolita Čigāne (born 1973), Latvian politician
- Lolita Davidovich (born 1961), Canadian actress
- Lolita de la Colina (born 1948), Mexican singer
- Lolita Einzinger (1931–2010), Austrian singer
- Lolita Files (born 1963), American writer
- Lolita Flores (born 1958), Spanish actress and singer
- Lolita Kreivaitienė (born 1960), Lithuanian designer
- Lolita Lebrón (1919–2010), Puerto Rican political activist
- Lolita Lempicka (born 1954), French fashion designer
- Lolita Milyavskaya (born 1963), Russian singer and actress
- Lolita Morena (born 1960), Swiss actress
- Lolita Pille (born 1982), French writer
- Lolita Ritmanis (born 1962), American composer
- Lolita Rodrigues (born 1929), Brazilian actress
- Lolita Rodriguez (born 1935), Filipino actress
- Lolita Sevilla (1935−2013), Spanish actress
- Lolita Tizol (1890–1933), Puerto Rican educator
- Lolita Torres (1930–2002), Argentine actress
- Lolita Yermak (born 1996), Ukrainian ice dancer
- People known as Lolita
- Amy Fisher (born 1974), American woman known as "the Long Island Lolita"
- Fictional characters
- Lolita, 12-year-old Dolores Haze in Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita
Usage as a word
The name is sometimes used as a term to indicate a sexually precocious girl, due to its association with the title character of Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita[5] and its film adaptations in 1962 and 1997.[4] A UK retail chain was criticised in January 2008 for branding as "Lolita" a bed aimed at young girls.[4]
See also
- All pages beginning with "Lolita"
See also
- Lolita (disambiguation)
- Lolita, a 1955 novel by Vladimir Nabokov
References
- ↑ "Lolita". Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Cambridge Dictionaries Online. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
- ↑ "Popular Baby Names". Social Security Administration. 2007-05-14. Retrieved 2007-05-30.
- ↑ "dist.female.first". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2007-05-30.
- 1 2 3 Help, my name's Lolita, BBC, 13 February 2008
- ↑ "Lolita". Oxford Dictionaries Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 10 June 2011.