Given name
Lurdes
“from the place of healing and miracles”
In Spanish use, Lurdes has a related form in Lourdes. One French interpretation is “from the place of healing and miracles.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Spanish use, Lurdes has a related form in Lourdes. One French interpretation is “from the place of healing and miracles.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Spanish use, Lurdes has a related form in Lourdes. An origin associated with Lourdes is French.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Spanish use, Lurdes is used as a variant of Lourdes.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lurdes through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 423
- 0 boys · 423 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 17 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 5 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 887 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.
Lurdes’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Lurdes has a diminutive in Lurdinha. Lurdes has a related form in Lourdes.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Lurdes
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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