Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Lorea is a variant of Lore. Lore has been associated with Basque and English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lorea through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 190
- 0 boys · 190 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 305 as a first name in 2020; 234 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Lorea
- Lorea ElsoSpanish former rhythmic gymnastborn 1973
- Lorea LyonsSpanish-English filmmaker and film directorborn 1996
- Lorea IbarzabalSpanish middle-distance athleteborn 1994
- Lorea AgirreSpanish journalistborn 1968
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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