ok...Lola?

[boodleboot]

dh has suggested Lola...i think i like it...WDYT?

[Superfly]

My friends little girl is Lola - I love it.
Its pretty, sassy and fiesty - Just like my friends DD

[SpicedGerkin]

I love it too.

[deliciousdevilwoman]

Very cool-for all the reasons Superfly said

[Ondine]

I think I would want a longer more serious name on the birth cert. Then have Lola as a nickname.

Quite a lot of names would give Lola as a nn.

Dolores is nice.

[bellissima]

I like, but I do rather class it alongside names like Ruby in the 'I'm a boring accountant really but see myself more as an art student type so I'm going to name my child thus' category.

[twosofar]

Afraid it sounds a bit porno to me

[boodleboot]

what middle names go?

i like

Lola Daisy
Lola Jane

[bellissima]

Jane is a refreshing change from Grace/May/Mae/Pearl/Joy et al - and goes well with Lola. A name to transcend accountants and art students alike! (Always liked the Stones' Lady Jane)

[boodleboot]

i agree (altho do already have a mae i must confess...)

[BettyButterknife]

I'm afraid I don't like it.

To me it's either:
Barry Manilow's showgirl
OR
the transvestite from the Kinks song 'Lola'

Neither of which I think are particularly lovely references. Sorry.

[PatsyStone]

I have a Lola, so obviously I love it. To me it is feisty and cute. I do not look at her and think of porn stars thankyou very much.

I think of "whatever Lola wants, Lola gets!" Well, she can try

[BravoJuliet]

What about Eloise Jane or Paloma Jane nn lola

Lola is a bit insubstantial and kindy of stripperish. I'll be muredered for that. But it is a bit sexualised for a proper given name

[Holly29]

My DH wants Lola and I have said over my dead body but that's just us. For me it is fine for a little girl but not for a High Court Judge (which is obviously what our DD to be is going to be ).

[bibbitybobbityhat]

Once again, have to say it otherwise it would be a lie, lots of Lolas where I live. I must live in the absolute mecca of new fangled names becoming popular. I guess its something in the air or summat.

[PiggyPenguin]

Lots of Lola s near me too. I think it has become over-popular.

[Lovethesea]

I don't like it because I always think of Lolita....

[izzybiz]

We got a puppy at new year and named her Lola, then a couplee we know had a baby girl about a week later and named her Lola!

[Ellokitty]

Sorry, whenever I heard the name, I think of some kind of women of the night too.

[sparklyrainbow]

I have this little sister Lola.... she is small and very funny

I think it works on younger children but struggle to imagine a teenage Lola or an adult.
What about Laura, similar sound but more adult, and you could probably call her Lola when she is small?

[bouncingblueberries]

Love it. The one I know is almost 2, very fiesty, fiercely independent, an all or nothing type of girl and we love her to bits! Such a character. Although her big sister often gets nicknamed charlie

[dizzydixies]

I know of 3 now - I'd be inclined to have something longer and known as Lola

[BettyButterknife]

According to my baby name book, Lola is a shortening for either Dolores or Carlotta. Either of them float your boat?

[MinnieMalone]

People will say it's common, chavvy, too sexy etc. Personally I think it is lovely.

[boodleboot]

dolores i would call dolly but know one we hate! typical!

carlotta i did like until someone pointed out its a place that sells cars on MN on a thread before...

i still like Lola loads tho...

can't even have Eloise as we have an Elise already...