Lolly (given name) explained

Lolly
Gender:	Unisex
Meaning:	Hypocorism for various names
Language:	English
Related Names:	Loli

Lolly is a hypocorism for various given names, including the English name Laura. Young children often have difficulty in pronouncing the letter r, which resulted in nicknames like Lolly that substitute the letter l for r. Other examples include Dolly for Dorothy, Hallie for Harriet, Molly or Polly for Mary, and Sally for Sarah.^{[1] [2]}

Women

• Ololade "Lolly" Adefope (born c. 1990/1991), British stand-up comedian and actress of Nigerian descent
• Laura "Lolly" de Jonge (born 1960), Canadian Métis family advocate, corporate social responsibility practitioner, filmmaker and magazine founder
• Janet Gaynor, stage name of American actress Laura "Lolly" Gainor (1906–1984)
• Anna "Lolly" Kumble (born 1977), British singer, dancer and TV presenter of Indian and English descent
• Elizabeth "Lolly" Yeats (1868–1940), Anglo-Irish educator and publisher

Men

• Emmanuel "Lolly" Borg (1931–2020), Maltese football player and manager
• Emmanuel "Lolly" Debattista (1929–2021), Maltese football player and manager
• Candido "Lolly" Vasquez-Vegas (1939–2010), American musician of Mexican and indigenous descent
• Emmanuel "Lolly" Vella (1933–2012), Australian footballer

Fictional characters

• Shannon Louise "Lolly" Allen, a character on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
• Laura "Lolly" Willowes, a character in the 1926 novel Lolly Willowes by English writer Sylvia Townsend Warner
• Princess Lolly, a main character in the Candy Land board game series, who's a young fairy princess and King Kandy's daughter
• Lolly, a character who is Princess Bubblegum’s mechanical aunt in the animated series Adventure Time

See also

• Loly

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cleveland Evans: Now uncommon, Sally was found on stage, screen and sky . Evans . Cleveland Kent . 6 November 2022 . omaha.com . Omaha World Herald . 13 December 2023 .
2. Web site: Cleveland Evans: Molly peaked with millennials . Evans . Cleveland Kent . 24 September 2023 . omaha.com . Omaha World Herald . 20 January 2024 .