Dolores (given name)

Dolores

Nuestra Señora de los Dolores. El Viso del Alcor (Seville, Spain)
Pronunciation doh-LOR-iss
Gender Female
Origin
Word/name Latin
Meaning Sorrowful, sorrows, pain
Other names
Related names Lola, Lolita, Loli
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Dolores (or Delores) is a given name.

Etymology

In Spanish, where the name originated and is more prevalent, it is short for La Virgen María de los Dolores, "Virgin Mary of Sorrows", and is often shortened to the more colloquial forms Lola, Lolita or Loli.

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