Lula is a 19th-century American diminutive — variously of Louise (Germanic "famous warrior"), Lucille (Latin "light"), or Tallulah. **A top-100 US baby name from 1880 to 1903, peaking at #65 in 1882**. **Lula Washington (born 1951)** — **American dancer and choreographer; founder of the Lula Washington Dance Theatre (1980) in South Central Los Angeles — one of the few African American modern-dance institutions in the western United States; choreographed movement for James Cameron's *Avatar* (2009) creating the Na'vi dances**. **Lula Carson McCullers** — birth name of novelist Carson McCullers (*The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter*, 1940). **Lula Mae Hardaway (1930-2006)** — mother of Stevie Wonder; co-wrote several of his hits including "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" (1970). **Lula Borges** — Brazilian musician. **"Lula"** is the universal nickname of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil (2003-2010, 2023-present), though as a male reference. **Lula (2004 film)**. **Lula in David Lynch's *Wild at Heart* (1990)** — Laura Dern's character opposite Nicolas Cage; the film won the Palme d'Or at Cannes.
Featured throughout American cultural history.
Lula reduces to seven — the number of dance pioneer.