Given name & surname
Lory
“crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree”
Lory is a variant of Lora. In Latin use, Lora carries the interpretation “crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lory 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 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lory through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,525
- 267 boys · 2,258 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 106 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,670 as a first name in 2020; 485 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.
Lory’s family of names
Lory has a related form in Lora. In English usage, Lory as a surname has an alternative spelling in Lorey. In Greek usage, Lory as a surname is a transliteration of Λόρυ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lory
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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