Lolita

Where Lolita comes from

The name is from Spanish Lolita, diminutive of Lola, from the given name Dolores. The noun derives from the name: see the etymology at lolita for details.
— Wiktionary's entry for Lolita
  • Spanish
  • Assamese
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1890
    First appearance
    #1,338 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1929
    Lolita Torres born
    Argentinian actor
  3. 1961
    Lolita Davidovich born
    Canadian actress
  4. 1963
    Peak, #468
    432 babies named Lolita — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1971
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #781.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Spanish.
  • A female given name from Assamese, Bengali, Odia and Santali.
Namesakes
  • Lolita Davidovich · Canadian actress, born 1961
  • Lolita Torres · Argentinian actor, 1929–2002
  • Lolita Milyavskaya · Russian singer, actress, TV and film director, born 1963
  • Lolita Chammah · French actress, born 1983
  • Lolita Lebrón · Puerto Rican activist and nationalist, 1919–2010

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.