Given name
Lorinda
“crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree”
Lorinda is a variant of Lora. In Latin use, Lora carries the interpretation “crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lorinda is a variant of Lora. In Latin use, Lora carries the interpretation “crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lorinda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,682
- 0 boys · 4,682 girls
- Most popular year
- 1965
- 168 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,229 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,229 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 168 in 1965. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,957 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.
Lorinda’s family of names
Lorinda has a related form in Lora. In English usage, Lorinda has a related form in Laurinda.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Lorinda
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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