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Lorelei

Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Lorelei: German Meaning of Lorelei: "alluring, temptress" Lorelei's Popularity in 2012: #533
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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.

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Famous People Named Lorelei

Luisana Loreley Lopilato de la Torre (b. 1987), Argentine actress and model; the wife of Canadian singer Michael Buble

Pop Culture References for the Name Lorelei

"Die Lorelei", Heine's famous German poem (beginning "I know not what it means, that I am so sad...")
Lorelei Lee, Marilyn Monroe's character in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
Lorelai Victoria Gilmore is the mother in the American TV series "Gilmore Girls"; Lorelai Leigh "Rory" Gilmore is the daughter
Lorelei, Marvel Comics character

Nicknames & Variations for Lorelei

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

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