Lorena (name)
| Pronunciation | Lor ay na, or Lor é na |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Latinized form of "Lauren" |
| Meaning | Laurel wreath-crowned |
| Region of origin | Spain, Portugal, England, Brazil, Italy |
Lorena is a German, English, Croatian, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish feminine given name with different origins. It can be used as an version of Lorraine or, alternately, as a Latin version of Lauren.[1] As a Croatian, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish name, it is derived from the Latin Laurentius.[2] As a German and English name, it is a modern form of the Germanic Chlothar (which is a blended form of Hlūdaz and Harjaz).[3] As used in the United States, it may have come from the song title of a popular 1856 song by Rev. Henry D.L. Webster and Joseph Philbrick Webster, who are said to have derived the name from an anagram of the name Lenore, a character in Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem The Raven.[1] In Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone with the Wind, Scarlett O'Hara's daughter with Frank Kennedy was named Ella Lorena in reference to the song Lorena. Frank G. Slaughter wrote a book called Lorena in which the character was also called Reeny hence the alternative pronunciation of Lor ee na.
Given name
- Lorena Berdún (born 1963), Spanish sexologist
- Lorena Bernal (born 1977), Argentine model and former Miss Spain
- Lorena Blanco (born 1977), Peruvian badminton player
- Lorena Bobbitt (born 1970), former wife of John Wayne Bobbitt
- Lorena Briceño (born 1978), Argentine judoka
- Lorena Gale (1958–2009), Canadian actress
- Lorena (singer) (born 1986), Spanish singer, born Lorena Gómez Pérez
- Lorena Herrera (born 1967), Mexican actress
- Lorena Hickok (1893–1968), American journalist and friend (and possibly lover) of Eleanor Roosevelt
- Lorena Klijn (born 1987), Dutch kickboxer
- Lorena Kloosterboer (born 1962), Dutch Argentine artist and author
- Lorena Ochoa (born 1981), Mexican golfer
- Lorena Rojas (born 1972), Mexican actress and singer
- Lorena Velázquez (born 1937), Mexican actress
- Lorena Zaffalon (born 1981), Italian synchronised swimmer
Surname
- Liza Lorena (born 1949), Filipino actress
Fictional characters
- Lorena Krasiki, a fictional character in the Southern Vampire Mysteries series and True Blood television show
- Lorena Wood Parker, a fictional character in the Lonesome Dove series
Notes
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