Given name & surname

Lorre

Lorre is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Lorre isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1946. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Lorre through the years

Babies since 1880
421
0 boys · 421 girls
Most popular year
1961
35 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
—
Too few births to compare
051015201960198020002025Highest share 19620.0
Lorre in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1946–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1977. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 450 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.

Lorre’s family of names

Lorre may belong to the same name family as LLORRE. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Lorre’s family in the name graph

LorreLore

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Lorre, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Nature

Lorianne

“crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree”

18Very rareSteady

>99% girls

Latin · Nature

Lora

“crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree”

33RareSteady

>99% girls

Armenian · Nature

Lori

“crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree”

41UncommonSteady

>99% girls

Nature

Laurie

“man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel” · “crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree”

34RareSteady

>99% girls

French · Place names

Lourdes

“from the place of healing and miracles”

33RareEasing

>99% girls

 

Lynnette

“a beautiful maiden; resembling a songbird”

21RareEasing

>99% girls

Scottish · Nature

Lorna

“crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree”

33RareRising

>99% girls

Irish · Celtic

Deirdre

“a brokenhearted or raging woman”

18Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Lorre’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Lorre

A sister for Lorre