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My name is Louise after my great-grandmother, so my dad decided to call me Lulu. The name just kind of stuck.

Nicknames for Lulu: | Edit

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Meanings and history of the name Lulu: | Edit

Lulu began as a nickname for Louise, Louisa, Lucinda, Tallulah, and other names with a "lu" sound. It is now often used as an independent name.

Famous real-life people named Lulu: | Edit

Lulu (Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie), Scottish singer, actress, and television personality. She is most famous for singing the theme to the film, "To Sir, With Love".
Lulu Guinness (born Lucinda Jane Guiness), English fashion designer.
Lulu Niereker, niece of Louisa May Alcott, who raised her until Louisa's death.

Lulu in song, story & screen: | Edit

Little Lulu, panel comic strip/comic book character
Lulu, one of the wise guardians of the game Final Fantasy X
"Lulu's Back in Town", 1930s hit song
Lulu Spencer, Luke and Laura's daughter in daytime soap "General Hospital"
Lulu is Jenna's daughter in the movie "Waitress"
"Lulu", opera by Alban Berg
Lulu is True Jackson's best friend on the show 'True Jackson VP'