Loreal
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 27 babies a year in the US.
Loreal by the numbers
Loreal was given to 27 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 83 babies in 1989, making it a 1980s name.
What we can tell you about Loreal
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 Loreal. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lorea5 in the US (2017)
- Lorelaialluring enchantress; a form of Lorelei563 in the US (2017)
- Lorenafrom Lorraine; crowned with laurel; a form of Lorain or Lauren54 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lorenfrom laurentum; a form of Lawrence159 in the US (2017)
- Lowellyoung wolf; wolf-like36 in the US (2017)
- Lornafrom Lorne; forlorn10 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Loreal
Names that are said the same way as Loreal, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Lorellelaurel; a form of Laura12 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Loreal
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