Name Lorelei

Origin:

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

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About the name Lorelei in particular

Gender:	female
Languages of use:	German, English
US 2024 rank:	#455 ... 454:Camryn, 455:Kira, 456:Lorelei, 457:Daleyza, 458:Raegan ... Full US 2024 list
Similarly written:	Lorelai, Loreley, Loreen, Lorella, Lorene Details

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

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:	402:Lorelai USA 2024, 441:Lorelei USA 2022
Name variants:	Lorelai, Lorelei, Loreley Sortable list Details

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Popularity lists that contain the name Lorelei

Series	Graph	Rankings
USA yearly	Graph	2024 455, 2023 485, 2022 441, 2021 444, 2020 506, 2019 454, 2018 472, 2017 462, 2016 449, 2015 448, 2014 479, 2013 501, 2012 531, 2011 499, 2010 531, 2009 597, 2008 681, 2007 682, 2006 738, 2005 806, 2004 965