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Lulu.

A female given name.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈluːluː/
  1. A female given name.

  2. A female given name. A diminutive of the female given names Louisa, Louise, Lucy, and Lucille.

Where this word comes from

A reduplication of Lu, a clipping of given names with the first syllable of Lu, Lou, such as Lucy, Lucille, Louise, Louisa.

name/ˈluːluː/
  1. A female given name from Chinese.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Chinese 璐璐, 露露 (lùlù, lùlu), 璐露, 露璐, etc.; in turn from 璐, 露, etc. From the Chinese practice of reduplicating a syllable or character to create a female name. * From Mandarin Lù Lù, Lù-Lù, Lù-lù, Lùlù / Lu4lu4 / ㄌㄨˋㄌㄨˋ; in turn from Lù/lù, ㄌㄨˋ, Lu4/lu4. From Middle Chinese luH/LuH * From Cantonese Lou6lou6; in turn from Lou6/lou6. From Middle Chinese luH/LuH * From Taishanese Lu5lu5; in turn from Lu5/lu5. From Middle Chinese luH/LuH

name/ˈluːluː/
  1. A unisex given name from Arabic.

  2. A unisex given name from Arabic. A female given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Pearl.

Where this word comes from

From Arabic لُؤْلُؤ (luʔluʔ, literally “pearl”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.