Meaning & origin
What it means
Lollie is a diminutive of Laura. Laura means “laurel tree.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Lollie is a diminutive of Laura. Laura comes from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Lollie is a diminutive of Laura.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lollie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,025
- 0 boys · 1,025 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 27 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 309 as a first name in 2020; 399 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lollie’s family of names
In English usage, Lollie is a diminutive of Laura. Lollie has a related form in Laura.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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