Lola (given name)

Lola is the Spanish and English short form of the female given name Dolores.

Origin and Meaning

In the German -speaking area has the short form of "Lola" a wicked aftertaste, due to the German film The Blue Angel by Josef von Sternberg (1929/1930) with Marlene Dietrich in the leading role, in which the " dashing Lola" as a femme fatale the Blue Angel leads to the terrible, but " earned " ruin. There are also memories of the infamous seducer and adventuress Lola Montez, an Irish dancer and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria.

The statuette in the form of a female figure of the German Film Prize, which was first awarded in 1999 ( runs to the film Lola ), is called " Lola".

Famous names winners

• Lola Bach ( * 1900), German nude dancer of the 1920s
• Lola Beltrán (1932-1996), real name. María Lucila Beltrán Ruiz, Mexican singer and actress
• Lola Cueto (1897-1978), Mexican painter, graphic artist, dolls manufacturer and spielerin
• Lola Dueñas (born 1972 ), Spanish actress
• Lola Flores (1923-1995), real name. María Dolores Flores Ruiz, Spanish singer, dancer and actress
• Lola Glaudini (born 1972 ), American actress
• Lola Humm - Sernau (1895-1990), German translator, secretary of Lion Feuchtwanger
• Lola Landau (1892-1990), real name. Leonore Landau, German writer of Jewish origin
• Lola Montez (1821-1861), real name. Applicable Elizabeth Rosanna Gilbert, Irish dancer, mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, from him to the Countess Marie of land space
• Lola Müthel (1919-2011), German actress
• Lola Paltinger (* 1978), German fashion designer, " dress fashion queen "
• Lola Rodríguez de Tió (1848-1924), real name. Dolores Rodríguez de Astudillo y Ponce de León, Puerto Rican poet