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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

LorenaIn Hebrew: לורנה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Lorena (Hebrew: לורנה) is a girl's name of international origin. 177 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1975, with 14 babies.

People in Israel
177
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1975
14 babies
USA, 2025
173
rank #1,291

Writing and saying Lorena

In Hebrew letters the name is לורנה, read right to left. Lorena is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Lorena by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Lorena: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Lorena in English-speaking countries

Lorena in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025173#1,2911980 (820)
United Kingdom202564#6432025 (64)
England and Wales202554#6842022 (57)
Scotland202510#3242025 (10)
British Columbia20236#5141960 (12)
Alberta20252#1,6181982 (5)
Quebec20255#7731993 (8)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Lorena has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Lorena

How do you write Lorena in Hebrew?

Lorena is written לורנה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Lorena?

177 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name לורנה: 177 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Lorena a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named לורנה are women.

Is Lorena used outside Israel?

The name Lorena appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 173 girls were given it in 2025 (#1,291), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 64 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.