Lota (name)

Lota is a Portuguese feminine given name that is a diminutive form of Carlota, a nickname and surname. Notable people referred to by this name include the following:

Given name

 * Lota Bowen (1872–1935), British painter

Nickname/stagename

 * Lota Chukwu, stagename of Ugwu Lotachukwu Jacinta Obianuju Amelia, Nigerian actress
 * Lota Delgado, nickname of Carlota Concepcion Delgado (1918-2009), Filipino actress
 * Lota de Macedo Soares, nickname of Maria Carlota Costallat de Macedo Soares, (1910-1967), Brazilian landscape designer and architect

Surname

 * Dennis Lota (1973–2014), Zambian football player