Given name
Lorrie
“crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree”
Lorrie is a variant of Lora. In Latin use, Lora carries the interpretation “crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lorrie 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 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lorrie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17,430
- 88 boys · 17,342 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 1,057 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,647 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,647 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 5.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,057 in 1961. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 14,398 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.
Lorrie’s family of names
In English usage, Lorrie has a related form in Lori. Lorrie has a related form in Lora.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Lorrie
- Lorrie MooreAmerican writerborn 1957
- Lorrie FairAmerican soccer playerborn 1978
- Lorrie CollinsAmerican musician and actor (1942-2018)
- Lorrie Dunington-GrubbEnglish landscape architect1877–1945
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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