Lorena (2)

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Latinized form of LAUREN. This name was first brought to public attention in America by the song 'Lorena' (1856), written by Joseph Webster, who was said to have created the name as an anagram of LENORE (from the character in Poe's poem 'The Raven').

LAUREN   female & male   English
Variant or feminine form of LAURENCE (1). Originally a masculine name, it was first popularized as a feminine name by actress Betty Jean Perske (1924-), who used Lauren Bacall as her stage name.
LAURENCE (1)   male   English
From the Roman cognomen Laurentius, which meant "from Laurentum". Laurentum was a city in ancient Italy, its name probably deriving from Latin laurus "laurel". Saint Laurence was a 3rd-century deacon and martyr from Rome. According to tradition he was roasted alive on a gridiron because, when ordered to hand over the church's treasures, he presented the sick and poor. Due to the saint's popularity, the name came into general use in the Christian world (in various spellings).

In the Middle Ages this name was common in England, partly because of a second saint by this name, a 7th-century archbishop of Canterbury. Likewise it has been common in Ireland due to the 12th-century Saint Laurence O'Toole (whose real name was Lorcán). Since the 19th century the spelling Lawrence has been more common, especially in America. A famous bearer was the British actor Laurence Olivier (1907-1989).
LENORE   female   English
Short form of ELEANOR. This was the name of the departed love of the narrator in Edgar Allan Poe's poem 'The Raven' (1845).
ELEANOR   female   English
From the Old French form of the Occitan name Aliénor. It was first borne by the influential Eleanor of Aquitaine (12th century), who was the queen of Louis VII, the king of France, and later Henry II, the king of England. She was named Aenor after her mother, and was called by the Occitan phrase alia Aenor "the other AENOR" in order to distinguish her from her mother.

The popularity of the name Eleanor in England during the Middle Ages was due to the fame of Eleanor of Aquitaine, as well as two queens of the following century: Eleanor of Provence, the wife of Henry III, and Eleanor of Castile, the wife of Edward I. More recently, it was borne by first lady Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), the wife of American president Franklin Roosevelt.
AENOR   female   Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Probably a Latinized form of a Germanic name of unknown meaning. This was the name of the mother of Eleanor of Aquitaine.
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT ROMAN: Laurentia
ENGLISH: Laryn, Lauren, Laurena, Laurencia, Lauryn, Loren
FRENCH: Laurence
ITALIAN: Lorenza
SPANISH: Lorenza
MASCULINE FORMS
ANCIENT ROMAN: Laurentius
CATALAN: Llorenç
CROATIAN: Lovre, Lovrenco, Lovro
CZECH: Vavřinec
DANISH: Lars, Lasse, Laurits, Lauritz, Lorens
DUTCH: Lars, Lau, Laurens, Lourens, Rens
ENGLISH: Larrie, Larry, Lauren, Laurence, Laurie, Lawrence, Lawrie, Laz, Loren, Lorin, Lorrin
FINNISH: Lari, Lars, Lasse, Lassi, Lauri
FRENCH: Enzo, Laurent
FRISIAN: Lourens
GERMAN: Lars, Laurenz, Lenz, Lorenz
GREEK: Lavrentios
HUNGARIAN: Lőrinc
ICELANDIC: Lárus
IRISH: Labhrás
ITALIAN: Enzo, Lorenzo, Loris, Renzo
LIMBURGISH: Lau, Lor
LITHUANIAN: Laurynas
MEDIEVAL ENGLISH: Larkin, Law
MEDIEVAL SCANDINAVIAN: Lars
MEDIEVAL SPANISH: Lorencio
NORWEGIAN: Lars, Lasse, Laurits, Lauritz, Lorens
POLISH: Wawrzyniec
PORTUGUESE: Lourenço
ROMANIAN: Laurențiu
RUSSIAN: Lavrenti, Lavrentiy, Lavrenty
SCOTTISH: Labhrainn
SLOVAK: Vavrinec
SLOVENE: Lovrenc, Lovro
SPANISH: Lorenzo
SWEDISH: Lars, Lasse, Lorens
OTHER FORMS
ANCIENT ROMAN: Laurentina, Laurentinus
ENGLISH: Lawson
FRENCH: Laurentin, Laurentine