Lula

Lula

Gender: Feminine
Language: English
Etymology:
Lula is a diminutive for the English name Lucy. Lucy is the English form of Lucia, the feminine form of Lucius, a Latin name which means “Light.”
-or-
Lula is a diminutive for Louisa.

History:
Lula would be a nickname, a diminutive first given as a first name in the 18th century, and rising to prominence in the 19th.

Pronunciation: loo-lah.

Famous Bearers:
Artists and Authors:
(Lula) Carson McCullers (1917-1967)
American writer.

Popularity:
Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census:
0.048 % named Lula

Popularity of Lula:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1850: 318th most popular.
1875: 53rd most popular.
1900-1910: 90th most popular.
1910-1920: 125th most popular.
1920-1930: 150th most popular.
1930-1940: 183rd most popular.
1940-1950: 276th most popular.
1950-1960: 478th most popular.
1960-1970: 839th most popular.
1970-2000: N/A