Lorena
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Italian. From Italian and Spanish, by folk etymology associated with Laura. Henry Webster's title for his song was inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's Lenore.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Lorena (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Lorena has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2019. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2005 | 6 |
| 2006 | 6 |
| 2007 | 8 |
| 2008 | 7 |
| 2009 | 7 |
| 2010 | 13 |
| 2011 | 9 |
| 2012 | 16 |
| 2013 | 10 |
| 2014 | 13 |
| 2015 | 10 |
| 2016 | 13 |
| 2017 | 12 |
| 2018 | 10 |
| 2019 | 17 |
| 2020 | 16 |
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2022 | 11 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 175 |
| 2000 | 177 |
| 2001 | 187 |
| 2002 | 202 |
| 2003 | 208 |
| 2004 | 224 |
| 2005 | 231 |
| 2006 | 237 |
| 2007 | 253 |
| 2008 | 274 |
| 2009 | 293 |
| 2010 | 315 |
| 2011 | 331 |
| 2012 | 354 |
| 2013 | 377 |
| 2014 | 404 |
| 2015 | 427 |
| 2016 | 444 |
| 2017 | 466 |
| 2018 | 485 |
| 2019 | 513 |
| 2020 | 540 |
Lorena in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Lorena.Hi! My name is Lorena.
- Har du träffat Lorena? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Lorena? She started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Lorena kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Lorena is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Lorenas mamma är lärare.Lorena's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Lorenas mamma is Lorena's mum.
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Questions about Lorena
How do you pronounce Lorena in Swedish?
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What does the name Lorena mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Italian. From Italian and Spanish, by folk etymology associated with Laura. Henry Webster's title for his song was inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's Lenore.
How popular is Lorena in Sweden?
11 babies were named Lorena in 2022. In 2020, 540 people in Sweden had Lorena as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2019 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.