Lululemon’s name was created deliberately by founder Chip Wilson, and it has no intrinsic meaning or roots beyond the branding choice of using three letter "L"s. The idea was to craft a Western-sounding, memorable name and, according to various interviews and reports, to play on the difficulty Japanese speakers might have pronouncing the letter “L,” using that linguistic quirk as a marketing hook. In short, the name is largely a branded construction rather than a reference to a place, person, or concept.