Loralai

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 22 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
22
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Loralai by the numbers

Loralai was given to 22 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 25 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Loralai

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Loralai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Lorelaialluring enchantress; a form of Lorelei563 in the US (2017)
  • Loraleimurmuring rock; a form of lorelei67 in the US (2017)
  • Lorali13 in the US (2017)
  • Loreleimurmuring rock; a Rhine river siren680 in the US (2017)
  • Loraleelaurel crowned; a form of Laurel11 in the US (2017)
  • Lorelimurmuring rock; variant of Lorelei10 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Loralai

Names that are said the same way as Loralai, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Lorellalaurel; feminine form of Lorello4 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Loralai

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