Lola - thoughts and suggestions

Piper2009 · December 2011

I've been loving this name lately but now sure if it ages well. What do you think of this name? Also, is there some type of stripper / prostitute association with this name (or am I imagining it)?

Any mn recs?

TIA!

oops34 · December 2011

She was a show girl Music

Piper2009 · December 2011

Oops34:
She was a show girl

haha oh that's right... the song!..."with yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there"

lindslalala · December 2011

You're not imagining it. I automatically think of the Kinks song...

I met her in a club down in old Soho
Where you drink champagne
It tastes just like Coca Cola, C-O-L-A cola

She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice
She said Lola, L-O-L-A, Lola, L-L-Lola

Well, I'm not the world's most physical guy
But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine
Oh my Lola, L-L-Lola

Well, I'm not dumb but I can't understand
Why she walked like a woman but talked like a man
Oh my Lola, L-L-Lola, L-L-Lola

Well, we drank champagne and danced all night
Under electric candlelight
She picked me up and sat me on her knee
And said, "Dear boy, won't you come home with me?"

Well, I'm not the world's most passionate guy
But when I looked in her eyes well I almost fell for my Lola
L-L-Lola, L-L-Lola
Lola, L-L-Lola, L-L-Lola
[| From: https://www.elyrics.net/read/k/kinks-lyrics/lola-lyrics.html |]

I pushed her away, I walked to the door
I fell to the floor, I got down on my knees
Then I looked at her and she at me

That's the way that I want it to stay
I always want it to be that way for my Lola, L-L-Lola

Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
It's a mixed up muddled up, shook up world
Except for Lola, L-L-Lola

Well, I left home just a week before
And I'd never ever kissed a woman before
But Lola smiled and took me by the hand
And said, "Dear boy, I'm gonna make you a man"

Well, I'm not the world's most masculine man
But I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man
And so is Lola, L-L-Lola, L-L-Lola
Lola, L-L-Lola, L-L-Lola

Lola, L-L-Lola, L-L-Lola
Lola, L-L-Lola, L-L-Lola
Lola, L-L-Lola, L-L-Lola

Lola, L-L-Lola, L-L-Lola
Lola, L-L-Lola, L-L-Lola

Lola, L-L-Lola, L-L-Lola

I love the name Lola, but would never use it because of this song.

BackseatDriver · December 2011

Well I'm not the world's most masculine man,
but I know what I am and that I'm a man,
so is Lola. Lo lo lo Lola. Lo lo lo Lola.

pacsunqtaz · December 2011

I think of Lola in Damn Yankees! she was that seductress/devil's assistant. She sang that vampy "Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets" song. They play it in a ton of seductive scenes and burlesque acts- you've probably heard it. I wouldn't use it because of that x.x

Gidgetwho · December 2011

I think it's cute... For a puppy...

BitsKD13 · December 2011

With the number of song references (all of them about women who are um... pretty much "ladies of the night") that come to mind as soon as I read the name I'm going to agree with PP. It's a great name... for a pet.

It would be a cute nn. But I'm not loving it as a first name. Sorry!

lizzymo19 · December 2011

I like it but I don't see it aging well. A similar name you might like - Noelani. I have a student with this name who goes by Lani but you could also do Noel and I think it has a similar sound as "Lola."

MrsFinn810 · December 2011

I do like the way it sounds, but the first thing that comes to mind is, "Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets..."

Piper2009 · December 2011

Thanks, ladies! I had no idea there were so many different songs about Lola! Wow.

Cute name. Maybe if we ever get a 3rd doggy Wink

happilyeverafterxo · December 2011

It's not my style...sorry!

Ella85 · December 2011

It is my cat's name, but I do like it a lot.

scorch · December 2011

CityBee:
Lola is my dog's name! I had a toddler in daycare a few years ago that was Lola. Her parents taught her to start dancing when someone would sing "Her name was Lola...she was a show girl".

thats so classy.

I grew up in the Phillippines and the word for grandmother in Tagalog is Lola. (Grandfather is Lolo) I just always think of that.

Moxie27 · December 2011

i like it, however, i don't think many girls/women could pull it off.

i think lola is best suited for a certain look - dark hair, tan/olive complexion, good looking, etc. (i know this may sound weird, but that's the type of girl i "see" when i hear the name lola).

ycristina84 · December 2011

My great grandma, and my great Aunt are named Lola. In Spain and in Mexico, lot's of women are named Lola and it ages perfectly fine. In fact, I usually picture it on an older lady than I do a young one. I love the name. I think it's sassy, beautiful, classic, and regardless of a song or two it's remained pretty well used all over the world.

I don't think everyone makes the connection to those songs (I've actually never heard of The Kink's song) and I wouldn't let something silly like that deter you if you love it. A lot of names are referenced in songs are movies and people live great lives!

Samiantha101 · December 2011

The name Lola reminds me of the book Lolita Vladimir Nabokov. It was a great book, however I'm not sure I would want my daughter to be associated with the book. I do think it's a cute name.

Rushmore · December 2011

also,

"whatever Lola wants, Lola gets" Music

JNoelleE · December 2011

Gidgetwho:
I think it's cute... For a puppy...

FirstBabyMomma · December 2011

CityBee:
Lola is my dog's name! I had a toddler in daycare a few years ago that was Lola. Her parents taught her to start dancing when someone would sing "Her name was Lola...she was a show girl".

Ours too! We sing her all three of those 'Lola' songs on a regular basis. I do love the name, and don't consider it a dog name but wouldn't use it for a baby anyway. Maybe as a nickname?