Given name & surname · also Italian
Lorena
“crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree”
Lorena is a variant of Loren. In English use, Loren carries the interpretation “crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lorena is a variant of Loren. In English use, Loren carries the interpretation “crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lorena possibly comes from Italian, and ultimately from Spanish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lorena through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 45,179
- 219 boys · 44,960 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 835 babies
- 2025
- 173
- #1,293 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 173 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,293 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 4.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 820 in 1980. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (32). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 61,919 as a first name in 2020; 211 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.
Lorena’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Lorena has a conventional equivalent in the Danish form Lorraine. Lorena has a related form in Loren. In Italian usage, Lorena has a conventional equivalent in the French form Lorène.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lorena has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
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.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lorena
- Lorena RojasMexican singer and actress (1971-2015)
- Lorena OchoaMexican professional golferborn 1981
- Lorena WiebesDutch cyclistborn 1999
- Lorena GuréndezSpanish rhythmic gymnastborn 1981
- Lorena GaleCanadian actress (1958-2009)
- Lorena MirandaSpanish water polo playerborn 1991
- Lorena BernalSpanish actor-modelborn 1981
- Lorena HerreraMexican actress, singer and modelborn 1967
- LorenaBrazilian association football playerborn 1997
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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