Given name & surname
Luria
Luria is a surname from Hebrew. It is used in English and Italian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Luria is a form of Loria. Loria comes from Italian, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Luria through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 69
- 0 boys · 69 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 9 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 7 in 1938. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1926. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 109 as a first name in 2020; 704 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.
Luria’s family of names
In English usage, Luria as a surname has a related form in Loria. In English usage, Luria as a surname has a related form in LOURIE.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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