Meaning and Origin of: Lore

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Basque : A flower

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Spanish, Italian : Bold; spirited

Boy name variations

Lorenzo
Larenzo
Loranzo
Lorence
Lorenso
Lorentz
Lorenz
Lorrie
Lorry

Family name origins & meanings

  • French (Loré) : habitational name from Loré in Orne.
  • Dutch (de Lore) : metonymic occupational name for a rag merchant, from Middle Dutch lore, luere ‘rag’.
  • Hungarian (Lőre) : from a pet form of the personal name Lőrinc (see Lorincz).