Gender | Female |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Spanish |
Meaning | "Sorrows" or "pains" |
Region of origin | Spain |
Other names | |
Related names | Lola, Dolores |
Lolita ( /ləˈliːtə/, /lɒlˈiːtə/, or US: /loʊˈliːtə/) [1] is a female given name of Spanish origin. It is the diminutive form of Lola, a hypocorism of Dolores, which means "sorrows" or "pains" in Spanish.
According to the United States Social Security Administration, the popularity of the name Lolita peaked in the United States in 1963, when it was the 467th most popular female name. The SSA has not ranked Lolita in the top 1000 most popular female names given since 1973, [2] and in the 1990 United States census, Lolita was ranked the 969th most frequent female name out of 4,275 unique names. [3]
The name remains popular in some other countries, e.g. Latvia where its name day is 30 May. [4]
The name is sometimes used as a term to indicate a sexually precocious girl, due to its association with the title character of Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita [5] and its film adaptations in 1962 and 1997. [4] A UK retail chain was criticised in January 2008 for branding as "Lolita" a bed aimed at young girls. Not to be confused with the popular Japanese fashion genre beginning in Harajuku in the 1980’s, that is referred to by the same name; Lolita Fashion. Though the fashion is seen as a feminist, anti-sexual fashion movement for young Japanese girls to reclaim their sexuality back, and to dress elegantly to avert the male gaze. It is not linked in any way to the novel by Nabokov. [6] [4]
Gender | Female |
---|---|
Origin | |
Word/name | Spanish |
Meaning | "Sorrows" or "pains" |
Region of origin | Spain |
Other names | |
Related names | Lola, Dolores |
Lolita ( /ləˈliːtə/, /lɒlˈiːtə/, or US: /loʊˈliːtə/) [1] is a female given name of Spanish origin. It is the diminutive form of Lola, a hypocorism of Dolores, which means "sorrows" or "pains" in Spanish.
According to the United States Social Security Administration, the popularity of the name Lolita peaked in the United States in 1963, when it was the 467th most popular female name. The SSA has not ranked Lolita in the top 1000 most popular female names given since 1973, [2] and in the 1990 United States census, Lolita was ranked the 969th most frequent female name out of 4,275 unique names. [3]
The name remains popular in some other countries, e.g. Latvia where its name day is 30 May. [4]
The name is sometimes used as a term to indicate a sexually precocious girl, due to its association with the title character of Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita [5] and its film adaptations in 1962 and 1997. [4] A UK retail chain was criticised in January 2008 for branding as "Lolita" a bed aimed at young girls. Not to be confused with the popular Japanese fashion genre beginning in Harajuku in the 1980’s, that is referred to by the same name; Lolita Fashion. Though the fashion is seen as a feminist, anti-sexual fashion movement for young Japanese girls to reclaim their sexuality back, and to dress elegantly to avert the male gaze. It is not linked in any way to the novel by Nabokov. [6] [4]