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About the name Lola
Lola is Spanish for the little version of Dolores, itself the Latin for sorrows — Mary Dolores, Our Lady of Sorrows. So the name, in its sound, is a diminutive of sorrow; in its life, it has been anything but.
It crossed the Atlantic as the name of the wasp in Cole Porter’s "Is It Love?", and Lola in the boulevards of film and song has been for a century the sound of a woman who refuses to be told what to do.
The Chinese pair takes the river: 洛, the Luo under Luoyang, and 拉, to draw, to pull. Lola has been in the American top hundred for a decade.
The Luo River, which ran under the old capital at Luoyang. In a name it also carries 落 — the falling of petals.
The character itself: 各 the coming-and-going under 水: the river that came down from 终山 to run through the capital 洛阳 where the city was built. The river at Luoyang, where peonies were bred, gives its name to any 洛 in a name. Full 洛 page →
To draw, to pull toward. The cart’s word, the rope’s word, the hand’s word.
The character itself: Not an old word at all, and the site’s only one of its kind: it was coined in the 1950s from 立 (to stand) and 扌 (the hand) for the physical act of tugging. Which makes it an unusually honest character — it means exactly what a hand does to a rope, and it borrowed the standing radical to do it. Full 拉 page →
Two-character seal: the river of the old capital, and a hand that draws.
Lola in Chinese: questions
How do you write Lola in Chinese characters?
Lola is written 洛拉 in Mandarin (luò lā) — one character for the surname 洛 and one for the given name. The characters are chosen to carry the sound and the sense of Lola rather than to transliterate it letter by letter, which is how Chinese names are actually made. On this page the seal is carved in the Zhongshan King (中山王) bronze-inscription seal script, with the Academia Sinica Chongxi Small Seal (崇羲篆體) filling any character the main font lacks.
What does the Chinese name 洛拉 mean?
洛拉 breaks down as 洛 (luò) — The Luo River, which ran under the old capital at Luoyang. In a name it also carries 落 — the falling of petals; 拉 (lā) — To draw, to pull toward. The cart’s word, the rope’s word, the hand’s word. The seal note we would put under it: Two-character seal: the river of the old capital, and a hand that draws.
How is 洛拉 pronounced?
Pinyin: luò lā — 洛 is tone 4 (a sharp fall, like a full stop); 拉 is tone 1 (a flat, level pitch held high). Mandarin has four tones plus a neutral tone, and getting them wrong is the most common mistake Western speakers make with Chinese names — the seal itself is unaffected, since the carving is of the written form.
Why use the character 拉 for a name?
Because names in Chinese are chosen, not inherited by sound. 拉 (lā) reads to draw, to pull toward. the cart’s word, the rope’s word, the hand’s word — and its own history runs: Not an old word at all, and the site’s only one of its kind: it was coined in the 1950s from 立 (to stand) and 扌 (the hand) for the physical act of tugging. Which makes it an unusually honest character — it means exactly what a hand does to a rope, and it borrowed the standing radical to do it.
Which other names use the same characters as 洛拉?
10 other names on this site carry at least one of the same characters — 夏洛 for Charlotte, 克洛 for Chloe, 彭洛 for Penelope, 伊贝拉 for Isabella, 米拉 for Mila, 米洛 for Milo, 艾拉 for Ella, 斯特拉 for Stella, and more. Chinese names combine a family name with one or two given-name characters, so a single character can carry a hundred different people; the character page above lists every name that uses it.
What is the story behind the name Lola?
Lola is Spanish for the little version of Dolores, itself the Latin for sorrows — Mary Dolores, Our Lady of Sorrows. So the name, in its sound, is a diminutive of sorrow; in its life, it has been anything but. The full account — the etymology, the bearers, and why this site renders it as 洛拉 — is in the section above.
What is a Chinese name seal?
A Chinese seal (印, yìn) is the 3,000-year-old answer to the signature: a carved stamp, classically in red cinnabar ink, pressed onto documents, paintings and letters. A name seal carries your name in seal script (篆書) — the calligraphic style of the Qin dynasty. Traditionally two kinds: 朱文 (characters in red) and 白文 (characters in white, carved out of a solid red field).
Our generator transliterates your English name into a real Chinese name — not just sounds, but characters chosen for meaning — then carves it with an authentic seal-script font. Export is a transparent PNG you can stamp into documents, art, or tattoos.
SealsCrafter (sealscrafter.com) is a free Chinese name seal generator: it transliterates your English name into a real Chinese name — characters chosen for sound and meaning — then carves it as an authentic seal (印章) in genuine seal script. You export a transparent PNG instantly: no sign-up, no watermark, no cost. The carving uses the Zhongshan King (中山王) bronze-inscription seal script, supplemented by the Academia Sinica Chongxi Small Seal (崇羲篆體) for characters the main font lacks.
What is a Chinese name seal?
A personal stamp — classically a small stone engraved with your name in seal script and pressed in red cinnabar ink — used in China, Japan and Korea for 3,000 years in place of a signature. Full guide: what is a Chinese name seal.
What is the difference between 朱文 and 白文?
朱文 (zhūwén) prints the characters in red on paper; 白文 (báiwén) prints them white out of a solid red field. Both are authentic modes of carving — see zhuwen vs baiwen. Both are one click away in the generator above.
Is it a seal, a chop or a stamp?
Seal (印章) is the carved stone; a chop is the same object called by its Anglo-Indian colonial-era name (from Hindi chhāp, common in Hong Kong and Singapore); a stamp is usually the modern rubber office version. More: seal vs chop vs stamp.
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What font does it use?
The Zhongshan King seal script (中山王篆), a Warring-States bronze-inscription style, released under the SIL Open Font License.
Can I use the PNG commercially?
The seal design is yours to use. The font is OFL-licensed; exporting the image is fine for any personal or commercial use.