Given name & surname
Lolo
“a graceful woman”
In French use, Lolo is a diminutive of Laurent. One French interpretation is “a graceful woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French use, Lolo is a diminutive of Laurent. One French interpretation is “a graceful woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lolo is a diminutive of Laurent. Laurent comes from Old French, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In French usage, Lolo is a diminutive of Laurence. In French usage, Lolo is a diminutive of Laurent.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1896. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In French use, Lolo is a diminutive of Laurence. The history of Laurence gives this family its wider story. Laurence was in use during the Middle Ages.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Lolo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 5 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 6 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 boys is 5 in 1929. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 449 as a first name in 2020; 247 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.
Lolo’s family of names
In French usage, Lolo is a diminutive of Laurence. In German usage, Lolo has a related form in Lola. In French usage, Lolo is a diminutive of Laurent.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lolo has relatives in 3 languages.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lolo
- Lolo JonesAmerican athletics competitor and bobsledderborn 1982
- Lolo Matalasi MoligaAmerican Samoan politician and governor1947–2026
- Lolo RicoSpanish writer, television producer, screenwriter, journalist1935–2019
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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