A reduplication of Lu, a clipping of given names with the first syllable of Lu, Lou, such as Lucy, Lucille, Louise, Louisa.
Meanings
A female given name.
"Do excuse me, and forgive my inquisitiveness. I was struck with the name Lulu." "You think it a baby name," she said, laughing. "O, no; it is wonderfully sweet to me! and may I sometimes call you so?" 1860, Minnie S. Davis, “The Rival School-Mates”, in The Ladies' Repository, volumes 28-29, A. Tompkins, page 500:
There emerged from the fringe of things, where she perpetually hovered, Mrs. Deacon's older sister, Lulu Bett, who was "making her home with us." And that was precisely the case. They were not making her a home, goodness knows. Lulu was the family beast of burden. 1920, Zona Gale, Miss Lulu Bett:
A female given name. ▸ A diminutive of the female given names Louisa, Louise, Lucy, and Lucille.
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