Another thread about an unfortunately named bed got me thinking, does anybody know any little girls that go by Lolita? Or is that just one nickname that is out the window when you name a girl Dolores?
The only times I’ve heard the name have been people using it for a nickname to appear sexy, or to describe Amy Fisher, the so-called “Long Island Lolita.”
I don’t know any little girls, the one Lolita I knew was in her 40s. Presumably she went by that when she was younger too.
Nope, never known a girl called, Lolita. But thanks for bringing it up, because I’m now gonna go and watch Kubrick’s “Lolita”, with the great Peter Sellers, and the even more great James Mason: “I guess it was your cherry pies”. And of course lust after Shelley Winters. Yes, she was hot at one point.
Loleta Didrickson was Comptroller of the state of Illinois from 1995 to 1999 and ran unsuccessfully for U. S. Senate in 1998 (she lost in the Republican primary to Peter Fitzgerald). (cite)
When I was younger I was friends with (and had a major crush on) British TV actress Lolita Chakrabarti.
Heck even the name of the original Lolita wasn’t her original name (Dolores).
My husband has a cousin Lolita. I’ve never met her, but that’s her given name.
I don’t know any. But I hardly think the name is off limits because of the book. A little girls bed set on the other hand probably should not be called by that name.
She was Lo in the morning…
I’ve known a few Lolitas here in Panama. The name doesn’t have the same association here.
Yeah, and Lola in socks. She was only Dolores on the dotted line. Jeez! :rolleyes:
It didn’t hurt Lolita Fatjo’s career at all:
…And she has two unfortunate names.
The younger sister of a guy I knew in Norfolk VA was named lolita… and she was probably just under 20 in the late 80s when I was down there.
In the classic sense, I think it’s more of a name earned than given.
My husband’s older sister is named Lolita. She goes by Lita. His younger sister is named Estella. He’s just plain old Edward.
Thank goodness!
I knew some goth lolitas in Japan… Not quite the same.
We’ve got a Lolita Dr in town. It’s one of those subdivision roads named by the developer, so who knows what the motivation might have been?
I knew a Lolita in college. She was a cook at the dining hall. Mid-forties in 2000, single mom, short, fat, mustachioed. We were friendly, but her name never came up.
I work with a women named Lolita. She pronounces it “Lo-Lisha,” and normally goes by Lisha. I was quite surprised the first time I saw it spelled out.