Given name & surname
Loris
“crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree”
Loris is a variant of Lora. In Latin use, Lora carries the interpretation “crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Loris 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 1903. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Loris through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,280
- 579 boys · 1,701 girls
- Most popular year
- 1935
- 78 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 25% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,573 as a first name in 2020; 334 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.
Loris’s family of names
In Italian usage, Loris has a conventional equivalent in the English form Larry. Loris has a related form in Lora. In Italian usage, Loris has a related form in LORES.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Loris has relatives in 4 languages.
6 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Loris
- Loris KariusGerman association football playerborn 1993
- Loris Francesco CapovillaRoman Catholic archbishop (1915–2016)
- Loris CapirossiItalian motorcycle racerborn 1973
- Loris BenitoSwiss association football playerborn 1992
- Loris Kesselracecar driver (1950-2010)
- Loris CampanaItalian racing cyclist (1926–2015)
- Loris BazFrench motorcycle racerborn 1993
- Loris MalaguzziItalian educationist (1920–1994)
- Loris ArnaudFrench footballerborn 1987
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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