Lorena

Where Lorena comes from

From Italian and Spanish, by folk etymology associated with Laura. Henry Webster's title for his song was inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's Lenore.
— Wiktionary's entry for Lorena
  • Italian
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #288 among girls — 29 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1899
    Peak, #233
    140 babies named Lorena — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1971
    Lorena Rojas born
    Mexican singer and actress
  4. 1981
    Lorena Ochoa born
    Mexican professional golfer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Italian.
Namesakes
  • Lorena Rojas · Mexican singer and actress, 1971–2015
  • Lorena Ochoa · Mexican professional golfer, born 1981
  • Lorena Guréndez · Spanish rhythmic gymnast, born 1981
  • Lorena Wiebes · Dutch cyclist, born 1999
  • Lorena Gale · Canadian actress, 1958–2009

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.