Given name & surname
Lorie
“crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree”
Lorie is a variant of Lora. In Latin use, Lora carries the interpretation “crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lorie 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
Lorie is a diminutive of Laura. Laura comes from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Lorie is a diminutive of Laura.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1908. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lorie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22,068
- 104 boys · 21,964 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 1,311 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,511 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- 0%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,511 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was virtually unchanged in 2021–2025 compared with 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,306 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 19,014 as a first name in 2020; 313 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.
Lorie’s family of names
In English usage, Lorie is a diminutive of Laura. In English usage, Lorie has a related form in Lori. Lorie has a related form in Lora.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
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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