Lolly (given name)

Lolly is a hypocorism for various given names, including the English name Laura. Young children often have difficulty in pronouncing the letter r, which resulted in nicknames like Lolly that substitute the letter l for r. Other examples include Dolly for Dorothy, Hallie for Harriet, Molly or Polly for Mary, and Sally for Sarah.

Women

 * Ololade "Lolly" Adefope (born c. 1990/1991), British stand-up comedian and actress of Nigerian descent
 * Laura "Lolly" de Jonge (born 1960), Canadian Métis family advocate, corporate social responsibility practitioner, filmmaker and magazine founder
 * Janet Gaynor, stage name of American actress Laura "Lolly" Gainor (1906–1984)
 * Anna "Lolly" Kumble (born 1977), British singer, dancer and TV presenter of Indian and English descent
 * Elizabeth "Lolly" Yeats (1868–1940), Anglo-Irish educator and publisher

Men

 * Emmanuel "Lolly" Borg (1931–2020), Maltese football player and manager
 * Emmanuel "Lolly" Debattista (1929–2021), Maltese football player and manager
 * Candido "Lolly" Vasquez-Vegas (1939–2010), American musician of Mexican and indigenous descent
 * Emmanuel "Lolly" Vella (1933–2012), Australian footballer

Fictional characters

 * Shannon Louise "Lolly" Allen, a character on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
 * Laura "Lolly" Willowes, a character in the 1926 novel Lolly Willowes by English writer Sylvia Townsend Warner
 * Lolly, a character who is Princess Bubblegum’s mechanical aunt in the animated series Adventure Time