Lulu
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning pearl; a form of Lulu or diminutive of Louisa.
Lulu by the numbers
In 2025, 28 babies in England and Wales were named Lulu. In the US, 66 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 376 babies in 1886, so it is a 1880s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Louisa
Like Lulu, each of these traces back to Louisa: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Louisafamous warrior; feminine form of Louis369 in the US (2017)
- Louellafamous elf; a form of Louisa20 in England and Wales (2025)
- Luizafamous warrior; form of Louisa11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Luisanafamous warrior; a form of Louisa12 in the US (2017)
- Louizafamous warrior; a form of Louisa5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lulu. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean wealth
Like Lulu, each of these has wealth in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Maddoxfortunate, beneficent; son of Madoc3,119 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Margaretpearl; precious gem2,242 in the US (2017)
- Maggiepearl; a form of Margaret271 in England and Wales (2025)
- Gemmagem or jewel1,241 in the US (2017)
- Margotpearl1,230 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Lulu
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