Lorelie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LOR-a-lye
- Origin
- Germanic
Lorelie is a girls' name of Germanic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Lorelie mean?
Germanic: spelling of Loreli, itself a spelling of Lorelei, the name of a rock on the Rhine
Heinrich Heine's 1824 poem made famous the legend of the Lorelei, a siren on a Rhine rock who lured boatmen to wreck.
Meaning borrowed from Loreli.
Is Lorelie a girl's or a boy's name?
Lorelie is a girls' name.
How popular is Lorelie in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1928.
Half of all the girls named Lorelie in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lorelie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 11 | #3,919 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,371 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,283 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,660 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
Nicknames for Lorelie
- Lori 23 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lorelie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Charlotte Millie Eloise Elodie Rosalie Adeline Charlie Alice Lydia Hattie Caroline Ella
Names related to Lorelie
Lorelai Lorelei Loralei Loralai Loralie Loreli Lorielle Loreal
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry William Archie Emma Freddie Harry Albie Matilda Louie Miles Myles Charles Lottie Avery
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lorelie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lorelie, updated 20 October 2026.