Lula

Diminutive of any Lu name
"renowned warrior"

Lula Origin and Meaning

The name Lula is a girl's name of Spanish origin.

Lula is one of the livelier nickname-names with the fashionable double-L sound: It joins Lulu, Lila, Lily, and Lou among the trendiest names today. Lula might be short for Talula and sisters or for Lucy or Louise, or may stand on its own two adorable feet. Lula was actually a Top 50 name in the late 1880's and continued in the Top 100 for a couple of decades more.

Bryan Adams named his second daughter Lula Rosylea, sister of Mirabella Bunny, and master character namer J. K. Rowling has a Lula in her novel The Cuckoo's Calling.

# 996 in the US

Lula Rank in US Top 1000

# 794 on Nameberry

Lula Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Lula Popularity

Famous People Named Lula

  • Lula Carson Smith
    birth name of Carson McCullers, American novelist
  • (Louisa) Lula Greene Richards
    American poet and editor
  • Lula Mae Hardaway
    American songwriter and mother of singer Stevie Wonder
  • Lula Ethridge Wardlow
    American businesswoman, minister and politician
  • Lula Grace Johnson
    birth name of Jan Howard, American country music singer
  • Lula Rosylea Grimaldi
    Adams (b. 2013), daughter of singer Bryan Adams
  • Lula Rose Gardner (b. 2016)
    daughter of actress Liv Tyler
  • Lullah June Hull
    daughter of musician Kid Harpoon and Jenny Myles
  • Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva aka Lula
    male president of Brazil

Lula in Pop Culture

  • Lula
    main character in David Lynchโ€™s 1991 film โ€œWild At Heartโ€
  • Lula Landry
    a character in J.K. Rowling's novel "The Cuckoo"
  • Lula Mae Barnes
    birth name of Holly Golightly in "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
  • Lula May
    character in the movie "Now You See Me 2"
  • "Lula Walls
    " song by The Carter Family ("Such a star I've never seen/She's as pretty as a queen/She's as perfect as an angel from above")
  • Lula
    European magazine
  • Lula
    meaning "squid, cuttlefish" in Portuguese