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    The first name Lorinda

    A girl’s name from Latin.

    3 syllables Female

    Meaning and origin

    Latin origin

    A spelling variant of Laurinda.

    From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    Popularity in the United States

    Babies named Lorinda at birth, 1880–2025

    In 2025, 6 girls born in the United States were named Lorinda, the 14,229th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1965, when 168 were.

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    4,682
    babies named Lorinda since 1880
    #14,229
    rank in 2025
    1965
    peak year

    US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

    Famous people named Lorinda

    1 on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lorinda Cherry
      Computer scientist and original Unix team member (1944-2022)

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    Questions

    What does the name Lorinda mean?
    A spelling variant of Laurinda.
    What is the origin of the name Lorinda?
    A spelling variant of Laurinda.
    Is Lorinda a boy's or a girl's name?
    Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 4,682 US babies named Lorinda since 1880 were girls.
    When was Lorinda most popular?
    1965 in the United States, when 168 babies were named Lorinda, its highest rank at 765th.