Lola vs Laura - What's the difference?

As proper nouns the difference between lola and laura

is that lola is {{given name|female|from=Spanish}} while Laura is {{given name|female|from=Latin}}.

a number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior.

(en proper noun)

* 1933 (Eleanor Farjeon), Over the Garden Wall ,Faber and Faber 1933, page 91 ("Girls' Names")

What lovely names for girls there are!

There's Stella like the Evening Star,

And Sylvia like a rustling tree,

And Lola like a melody,

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(wikipedia Laura)

* Lora (rare)

(en proper noun)

* ~1591 William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet : Act II, Scene IV:

Now is he for the numbers that Petrarch flowed in; Laura to his lady was but a kitchen-wench; marry, she had a better love to be-rime her;

* 1960 Peter S. Beagle: A Fine And Private Place . Random House Publishing, 1982:The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle. ISBN 0345300815 page 258:

Laura was saying something. A mellifluous name, he thought. I wish she were far away, so I could call her.

* Also used as a feminine equivalent of Laurence.

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