Lala or La La is a feminine

nickname A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place or thing. Commonly used to express affection, a form of endearment, and sometimes amusement, it can also be used to express defamation of character. As a concept, it is ...

, in Spanish naming conventions it is often a

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...

for Esmeralda. It may refer to: *

Shahid Afridi Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi ( ur, شاہد افریدی‎, ps, شاهد افریدی; born 1 March 1977), known as Shahid Afridi, is a Pakistani former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. He is current ...

, Pakistani cricketer *

Lala Amarnath Lala Amarnath Bharadwaj (11 September 1911 - 5 August 2000) was an Indian cricketer. He scored a century on test debut and became the first player to score a century for the India national cricket team in Test cricket. He was independent India ...

(1911–2000), Indian cricketer *

La La Anthony Alani Nicole "La La" Anthony (née Vázquez; born June 25, 1979 ) is an American television personality and actress. In the early 2000s, she worked as an MTV VJ on ''Total Request Live''. She was the host of the VH1 reality television reunion ...

(born 1979), American radio and television personality, author, businesswoman and actress * Lalawélé Atakora (born 1990), Togolese footballer * Dolores "LaLa" Brooks (born 1947), former member of the girl group the Crystals * Raymond Lalonde (born 1940), American politician, retired educator *

Lauren Laverne Lauren Cecilia Fisher (née Gofton; born 28 April 1978), known professionally as Lauren Laverne, is an English radio DJ, model, television presenter, author and singer. She was the lead singer and additional guitarist in the alternative rock ba ...

(born 1978), British TV and radio presenter * Lala Sjöqvist (1903–1964), Swedish diver, 1928 Olympic bronze medalist *

La Forrest 'La La' Cope La Forrest 'La La' Cope is an American singer and songwriter. She is best known for writing the hit song " You Give Good Love", recorded by Whitney Houston for her 1985 self-titled debut album, which went on to sell over 25 million units world ...

, American R&B singer/songwriter, composer of "

You Give Good Love "You Give Good Love" is the debut solo single by American singer Whitney Houston for her 1985 eponymous debut studio album. It was written by La Forrest 'La La' Cope and produced by Kashif. When La La sent Kashif a copy of the song, originally o ...

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Varto Terian Varto Terian (; May 11, 1896 – October 2, 1974) also known by the pseudonym LaLa, was an Iranian-born Armenian actress and educator. She was Iran’s first stage actress of theater. Early life and education Varto Terian was born on May 11, 1 ...

(1896–1974) Iranian actress, used LaLa as a pseudonym for stage acting.

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