Lolly is 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 various given names, including the English name
Laura
Laura may refer to:
People
* Laura (given name)
* Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert
Places Australia
* Laura, Queensland, a town on the Cape York Peninsula
* Laura, South Australia
* Laura Bay, a bay on ...
. 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
Dolly may refer to:
Tools
*Dolly (tool), a portable anvil
* A posser, also known as a dolly, used for laundering
* A variety of wheeled tools, including:
**Dolly (trailer), for towing behind a vehicle
**Boat dolly or launching dolly, a device fo ...
for
Dorothy
Dorothy may refer to:
*Dorothy (given name), a list of people with that name.
Arts and entertainment
Characters
*Dorothy Gale, protagonist of ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' by L. Frank Baum
* Ace (''Doctor Who'') or Dorothy, a character playe ...
,
Hallie for
Harriet,
Molly or
Polly for
Mary, and
Sally for
Sarah
Sarah (born Sarai) is a biblical matriarch and prophetess, a major figure in Abrahamic religions. While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a piou ...
.
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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
Janet Gaynor (born Laura Augusta Gainor; October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984) was an American film, stage, and television actress.
Gaynor began her career as an extra in shorts and silent films. After signing with Fox Film Corporation (later ...
, 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
''Lolly Willowes; or The Loving Huntsman'' is a novel by English writer Sylvia Townsend Warner, her first, published in 1926. It has been described as an early feminist classic.
Title
"Lolly" is the version of Laura's name used by her family a ...
'' by English writer
Sylvia Townsend Warner
Sylvia Nora Townsend Warner (6 December 1893 – 1 May 1978) was an English novelist, poet and musicologist, known for works such as ''Lolly Willowes'', '' The Corner That Held Them'', and ''Kingdoms of Elfin''.
Life
Sylvia Townsend Warner wa ...
*Lolly, a character who is
Princess Bubblegum
Princess Bonnibel Bubblegum (also called Bonnie or PB, occasionally P-bubs) is a fictional character in the American animated television series ''Adventure Time'', created by Pendleton Ward. She is voiced by Hynden Walch.
Princess Bubblegum rules ...
’s mechanical aunt in the animated series ''Adventure Time''
See also
*
Loly
Notes
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