Lorien

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lorien by the numbers

Lorien was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 41 babies in 1979, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Lorien

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

  • Lorenfrom laurentum; a form of Lawrence159 in the US (2017)
  • Lorinlaurel; a form of Laurence5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lorielaurel; a form of Laura12 in the US (2017)
  • Loreenlaurel; a form of Laureen6 in the US (2017)
  • Lorianlaurel; a form of Laurian or Loren5 in the US (2017)
  • Loriel9 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Lorien

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

  • Loriannelaurel with Anne; a form of Lori6 in the US (2017)
  • Loriann9 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Lorien

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