Lulu

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːluː/
• Rhymes: -uːlu

Diminutive of Lucy, Lucille, Louise, Louisa, .... From given names with the first syllable of "lu", "lou", thence reduplicated.

• Loulou

Lulu (plural Lulus or Lulues)

1. A female given name
   • 1860, Minnie S. Davis, “The Rival School-Mates”, in The Ladies' Repository, volumes 28-29, A. Tompkins, page 500:

     "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?"

   • 1920, Zona Gale, Miss Lulu Bett:

     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.

   1. A diminutive of the female given names Louisa, Louise, Lucy, or Lucille

• Fairly popular as a formal given name in the latter half of the 19th century.

Borrowed from Chinese 璐璐, 露露, 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

• Lu Lu, Lu-Lu, Lu-lu, Lou Lou, Lou-Lou, Lou-lou, Loulou

Lulu (plural Lulus or Lulues)

1. A female given name from Chinese (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

From Arabic لُؤْلُؤ (luʔluʔ, literally “pearl”)

Lulu (plural Lulus)

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

From English Lulu, name of a character appearing in a TVB drama 《兄兄我我》 (1992).

Lulu

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang, dated) female idiot

   你咪當我Lulu喎！ [Hong Kong Cantonese, trad.]
   你咪当我Lulu㖞！ [Hong Kong Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ mai⁵ dong³ ngo⁵ lu¹ lu⁴ wo³! [Jyutping]

   Don't treat me as an idiot!

• Robert

From a diminutive of Luise and other female names beginning with Lu-.

Lulu

1. a female given name of rare usage

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Lulu n (strong, genitive Lulu, no plural)

1. (Austria, childish) urine (Austrian child language)

   Synonyms: Pipi, Urin

By extension from Etymology 2.

Lulu n (strong, genitive Lulus, plural Lulus)

1. (Austria, derogatory) wimp, wuss

   Synonyms: Schlappschwanz, Memme, Weichei

   Bist ein Mann oder ein Lulu? ― Are you a man or a wuss?