Lilo
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Lilo | |
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Gender | Female |
Origin | |
Word/name | Samoan language |
Meaning | "Curious/Lost One" (Samoan) |
Other names | |
Related names | Keililo , Lilouani , Lilokai |
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Lilo is a female Samoan name.
Samoan Background
Lilo means "curious one/generous one".
It was popularized and then appropriated by many non-Samoans after the release of the Lilo and Stitch movie.
African Background
Lilo means "two-hearted" (a person who is both "good and evil", for example being laid-back about insults but defending others without hesitation).
Not often mentioned in historical writing, the Machingwe are rarely recognized for the name.
People
- Lilo (actress) (born 1925), French actress and singer in the musical Can-Can
- Lilo (footballer) (born 1983), Brazilian footballer Murilo Rufino Barbosa
- Carmine Galante (1910–1979), American mobster
- Lindsay Lohan (born 1986), American actress
- Robert Levin (1955–2006), founder of the Freenode IRC network
Technology
- LILO (boot loader), Linux Loader, a piece of low-level software
- Last in, last out, or first in, first out in queues
Other
- Lilo Pelekai, a character from the 2002 Disney film Lilo & Stitch and its affiliated franchise
- Left-in/left-out, a roadway intersection
- Air mattress, from the trademark Li-Lo
See also
- Didi Lilo, Georgia, a village outside Tblisi, site of a nuclear accident
- Lilo & Stitch
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