Meaning and background
The story behind Lola
Lola is a Spanish familiar form of Dolores, also used in other languages. Its documented relationship to that longer name is more useful than assigning Lola a separate invented translation. Spanish, English and French reference readings differ, despite sharing the same four letters. For a dog, the repeated l sound can be part of the appeal in whichever reading you use. Choose the form that feels natural at home, and keep Lola as the full everyday name if you do not intend to use Dolores.
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About Lola
Recorded as a dog’s name
Lola appears in 542 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/loʊlə/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/loʊlə/ · primary stress on syllable 1L OW1 L AH0
These are US dictionary readings. Personal, regional and other language pronunciations may differ.
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Sources and research notes (2)
Gender association: NYC licence-period records. Any dog can use this name.
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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