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.

Lula Rank in US Top 1000

# 996 in the US

Lula Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 697 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Lula

• 697 Nameberry 2025
• 828 Unique 2023
• 834 England 2021

20 Names Similar to Lula

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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

The name Lula in Pop Culture

• Lula main character in David Lynch’s 1991 film “Wild At Heart”
• 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