LORELEI  

Gender: F
Origin: German
Meaning: "alluring, temptress"

Popularity in 2008: #680

Its double role as the mother and daughter (nicknamed Rory) on TV's Gilmore Girls has modernized, humanized, and popularized a name previously associated with the mythic seductive siren and the gold digger in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

Variations:
Loralyn, Loralie, Lorelai, Lorelie, Loralee, Lurette, Lorilee, Lura, Lurlene, Laurelie, Lurline, Lorilyn, Laurelei, Lurleen, Loralei

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