Girl · English pet form, mostly of Germanic names
Lula
Say it: LOO-luh
Meaning
A pet form of Louisa or Louise (from Germanic hlud 'fame' and wig 'battle') or of other names in Lu-; often given as an independent name.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Popular in the American South in the late 1800s; it has seen a small revival recently.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 85,031 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1886, about 1 in 139 girls
- 116 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Lulu, Loula
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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