Name Lorelai

Origin:

From Old High German words for ambush, lure and cliff, schistous cliff

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About the name Lorelai in particular

Gender:	female
Languages of use:	English
US 2021 rank:	#521 ... 520:April, 521:Aviana, 522:Lorelai, 523:Alondra, 524:Kennedi ... Full US 2021 list
Similarly written:	Lorelei, Loreley, Lorella, Lorena Details

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About Loreley, the group of names with the same origin as Lorelai

Language of origin:	Old High German
Info about origin:	originally the name of a schistous cliff standing out of the river Rhine near St.Goarshausen in Germany
	the poet Clemens Brentano created 1801 Lore Lay as a siren sitting on this cliff luring sailors to ther deaths by singing
	the meaning of the name is not known for sure, maybe ambush + cliff
Words:	lure = the ambush, the lure Old High German
	lei = the cliff, the schistous cliff Old High German
Topics:	Geographic name
Variants' top ranks:	441:Lorelei USA 2022, 479:Lorelai USA 2022
Name variants:	Lorelai, Lorelei, Loreley Sortable list Details

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Popularity lists that contain the name Lorelai

Series	Graph	Rankings
USA yearly	Graph	2022 479, 2021 521, 2020 525, 2019 557, 2018 568, 2017 543, 2016 626, 2015 651, 2014 821, 2013 797, 2012 736, 2011 798, 2010 747, 2009 777, 2008 890, 2007 868, 2006 991