Fun Facts About the Name Lorenna
- 149 babies named Lorenna: U.S. records list 149 babies given the name Lorenna from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Lorenna Mean?
Lorenna is a spelling variant of Lorena, the form of the French place name Lorraine used in Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian. Lorraine descends from medieval Latin Lotharingia, the territory of the Frankish king Lothair II. Lothair's name comes from Germanic roots hlod, "fame," and hari, "army," so the underlying sense is "famous army." Through the place name, Lorena and its variants are customarily understood to mean "from Lorraine."
Because Lorena sounds close to Laura and Lauren - which derive from Latin laurus, "laurel" - some later name lists give "laurel" as its meaning. That belongs to a different name family; the Lorraine derivation is the one supported by the historical forms of Lorena.
Lorenna Name History & Origins
The name begins with a region in northeastern France. Its medieval Latin name, Lotharingia, was built from the personal name Lotharius (Lothair) with Germanic endings meaning "belonging to." When the Frankish empire was divided in 855, Lothair II received this territory, and the name of his kingdom became the name of the region: Lorraine in French and Lorena in Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.
In Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, Lorena is a long-established given name. In the English-speaking world it appears by the 19th century. It became familiar in the United States in the mid-1800s through the song "Lorena," written in 1856 by Joseph Philbrick Webster with words by Henry DeLafayette Webster, which was widely sung by soldiers on both sides of the American Civil War.
The spelling Lorenna is a later variation that doubles the n; the doubled letter does not change the pronunciation, and the reason for it is not documented. The name is not tied to a single language community, and the spellings Lorena and Lorenna are used side by side.
How Popular is the Name Lorenna?
Lorenna has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1990. Its best rank was #6,353 in 1971.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,510 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #16,619 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #14,601 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #16,704 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #17,793 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #14,402 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2010 | #18,722 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #19,025 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #16,656 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #18,887 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #14,986 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #14,674 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #14,232 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #12,141 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1998 | #9,781 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1997 | #13,058 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #14,788 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #10,977 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #8,254 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1987 | #10,642 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #11,702 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #9,843 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1975 | #9,918 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1971 | #6,353 | 8 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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