Lola
Lola shortens the Spanish Dolores, and under that sits the Latin *dolor*: its meaning is "sorrows". In Poland it stays rare, so most people have never met a Lola, and it reads as fresh and slightly foreign.
Lola Pronunciation
Lola is pronounced LO-lah (/ˈlɔla/).
What Lola means
Where Lola comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Lola grew out of Dolores, the Spanish devotional name that honors Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, Our Lady of Sorrows. Behind it sits the Latin dolor, meaning pain or grief, and this gives Lola its short meaning: sorrows, or ból and smutek in Polish. Lola shortens the solemn Dolores.
By the nineteenth century the name had loosened from that sombre source. The Irish-born dancer Lola Montez borrowed the Spanish-sounding name for the stage and grew notorious across Europe, even holding sway for a time over a Bavarian king. The Spanish singer Lola Flores later gave it a bright, flamenco-loud charge that had little to do with grief.
On a Polish class register, Lola now reads as fresh and slightly foreign. The origin stays Latin, and the meaning underneath stays sorrows.
How many people are named Lola
1 in 90903 women in Poland is named Lola. 248 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1952 among female names.
Lola's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Lola is most popular
Lola is most popular in Lower Silesian, 1275% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025).
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Lower Silesian2 girls born+1275%
Lola as a middle name
Lola is a first name for 248 women in Poland and a middle name for another 59, an 81/19 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 887th, between Katrina (59) and Lotta (59).
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#885 Jutta59
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#886 Katrina59
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#887 Lola59
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#888 Lotta59
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#889 Żywia59