Lula

Meaning: Famous in battle
Origin: Germanic — Variant of Lulu, a short form of Louisa

Meaning: Light
Origin: Latin — Or of Lucy

Girl's name · #1937 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Popularity over time

Lula was #36 in 1881, slipped to #12797 by 1996, and has climbed back to #1937 today. Roughly 85,000 girls have been named Lula since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,271 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,044 in Canada (2025) · #5,598 in France (2025) · #15,982 in Italy (2024) · #9,525 in Ecuador (2023) · #625 in Scotland (2022) · #1,350 in Belgium (2022) · #1,675 in Austria (2016) · #2,072 in Sweden (2015).

Famous Lulas

Lula Mae Hardaway — American songwriter (1930–2006)
Lula Ali Ismail — Djibouti-Canadian filmmaker (born 1978)
Lula Reed — American singer (1926–2008)
Lula Pena — Fado and World music singer, composer and poet from Lisbon, Portugal (born 1974)
Lula Mysz-Gmeiner — Concert contralto and academic voice teacher (1876–1948)

In stories & tradition

Lula Talisola^es — Star Wars character
Lula — Operatic character in the opera Cold Sassy Tree

What Lulas become

Among 59 notable people named Lula:

Entertainers appear 2.62× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lula Ali Ismail, Djibouti-Canadian filmmaker (born 1978).

Similar names: Etta · Lucie · Zella · Lou · Luella · Della

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