Given name
Lorenza
Lorenza is a feminine given name. It is used in Spanish and Italian.
Original ItalianLorenzo
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Italian usage, Lorenza is a feminine form of Lorenzo.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lorenza through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,876
- 3,692 boys · 3,184 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 113 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #7,013 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +1%
- Steady
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 5% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,013 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 1.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 58 in 1920. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,874 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lorenza’s family of names
In Emilian usage, Lorenza has a diminutive in Lurèinsa. In Italian usage, Lorenza is a feminine form of Lorenzo. Lorenza has a related form in Lorraine.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lorenza has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Italian roots to each of them.
Italianwhere Lorenza comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Lorenza
- Lorenza IzzoChilean actress and modelborn 1989
- Lorenza MazzettiItalian writer and film director (1927-2020)
- Lorenza GuerrieriItalian actressborn 1944
- Lorenza IndovinaItalian actressborn 1966
- Lorenza Correasoprano (1770s-c.1831)
- Lorenza BöttnerGerman-Chilean multidisciplinary artist1959–1994
- Lorenza BonaccorsiItalian politicianborn 1968
- Lorenza CobiánSpanish model1851–1906
- Lorenza ArnetoliItalian basketball player (born 1974)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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