Loralye

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Loralye by the numbers

Loralye was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 24 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Loralye

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 Loralye. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Loraleelaurel crowned; a form of Laurel11 in the US (2017)
  • Loralynlaurel; a modern blend of Laura and Lynn5 in the US (2017)
  • Loralie19 in the US (2017)
  • Loraleimurmuring rock; a form of lorelei67 in the US (2017)
  • Lorainefrom lorraine; laurel crowned; a form of lorraine21 in the US (2017)
  • Lorellelaurel; a form of Laura12 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Loralye

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

  • Lorelimurmuring rock; variant of Lorelei10 in the US (2017)
  • Lorali13 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Loralye

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