The Art of Literary Nomenclature

ORIGIN:
Diminutive of names like “Louise” / “Louisa“, names that begin with “Lu-“, such as “Lucy” or “Lucretia“, or that contain “-ula”, such as “Wallula” or “Ursula”.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Loola, Lou, Louella, Lulu, Oola, Ula, etc.

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Lula, the nickname Molly Elliston gives to her friend Wallula, in “Major Molly’s Christmas Promise” from Nora Perry’s A Flock of Girls and Boys (1895).

Tagged: 1890s, English, L

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• Wallula | The Art of Literary Nomenclature says:

  August 28, 2014 at 5:29 am

  […] IN LITERATURE: – Wallula (sometimes called “Lula“), a local Native American girl Molly Elliston befriends, in “Major Molly’s […]

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• Everything Old is New Again, Vol. II | The Art of Literary Nomenclature says:

  August 30, 2015 at 7:44 am

  […] Frances, Harriet, Hattie, Hazel, Helen, Ida, India, Isadora, Josephine, Lillian, Louisa, Lucinda, Lula, Mabel, Marcella, Margaret, Margo, Marion, Mercy, Myrtle, Pearl, Penelope, Rosalind, Rosemary, […]

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