Lola
- Pronunciation
- [LOH-luh (English); LOH-lah (Spanish)]
- IPA
- English /ˈloʊ.lə/; Spanish /ˈlo.la/
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Spanish diminutive of Dolores, a name meaning “sorrows”
- Origin
- Spanish diminutive
Lola is a Spanish diminutive of Dolores. The “sorrows” meaning comes from the Marian title Our Lady of Sorrows and belongs to the formal name’s history, not to a dog’s temperament.
About Lola
English commonly ends Lola with an unstressed uh sound, while Spanish keeps an ah vowel.
Sources & Verification
Evidence reviewed 2026-09-24.
Variant Forms
Dolores is the full source name. Lolita is another documented diminutive.
Similar Names
Lola in NYC dog-license records
Ranks are within each NYC license extract, not national puppy rankings. Each row in the source is a license period, so a dog renewed within the same extract year can be counted more than once. These are record counts, not counts of unique dogs. The 2026 extract was retrieved on 2026-09-24.
| Extract year | Rank | Licensed records | Source | Retrieved / reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | #6 | 806 | NYC Open Data | 2026-09-24 |
| 2017 | #6 | 537 | NYC Open Data | 2026-09-24 |
| 2018 | #7 | 488 | NYC Open Data | 2026-09-24 |
| 2022 | #6 | 1686 | NYC Open Data | 2026-09-24 |
| 2023 | #7 | 684 | NYC Open Data | 2026-09-24 |
| 2024 | #8 | 640 | NYC Open Data | 2026-09-24 |
| 2026 | #8 | 542 | NYC Open Data | 2026-09-24 |
Practical Use Check
Pronunciation
Write the intended pronunciation for a sitter or clinic if you use the Spanish final ah rather than the common English final uh.