Lorenz

Where Lorenz comes from

Lorenz hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1779
    Lorenz Oken born
    German naturalist
  2. 1815
    Lorenz von Stein born
    German legal scholar
  3. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1887
    Peak, #752
    7 babies named Lorenz — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1888
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Lorenz von Stein · German legal scholar, 1815–1890
  • Lorenz Oken · German naturalist, 1779–1851
  • Lorenz Hart · American lyricist, 1895–1943
  • Lorenz Heister · German botanist and doctor, 1683–1758
  • Lorenz Frølich · Danish artist, 1820–1908

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.