Given name & surname
Lolly
“a famous warrior”
In English use, Lolly is a diminutive of Louise. In German use, Louise carries the interpretation “a famous warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Lolly is a diminutive of Louise. In German use, Louise carries the interpretation “a famous warrior.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Lolly is a diminutive of Laura. In English usage, Lolly is a diminutive of Louise.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lolly through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 342
- 0 boys · 342 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 18 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 7 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18 in 1959. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 426 as a first name in 2020; 123 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.
Lolly’s family of names
In English usage, Lolly is a diminutive of Laura. In English usage, Lolly has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Лолли. Lolly has a related form in Laura.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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