Given name & surname · also Italian
Loria
“crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree”
Loria is a variant of Lora. In Latin use, Lora carries the interpretation “crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree.”
Original Hebrewלוריא
Meaning & origin
What it means
Loria is a variant of Lora. In Latin use, Lora carries the interpretation “crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Loria comes from Italian, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Italian Loria, from Spanish Loría, from Hebrew לוריא.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1907. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Loria through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,466
- 0 boys · 1,466 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 132 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 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 132 in 1961. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,152 as a first name in 2020; 1,838 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.
Loria’s family of names
Loria has a related form in Lora. In English usage, Loria as a surname has a related form in LAURIA. In English usage, Loria as a surname has a related form in LURIA.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Loria has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere Loria comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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