Lor
given name · Latin script
Meaning: from a short form of Lorent, Dutch vernacular equivalent of Lawrence
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈɫɔɹ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Lor is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Cameroon it is the 14th most common given name.
- CNChina≈1 in 1.3K(inferred from the name graph)
- IEIreland≈1 in 1.5K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 2.5K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Lor itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #983 (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 389 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,100,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
China, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Laure in FR France, CM Cameroon, CD Congo - Kinshasa.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from a short form of Lorent, Dutch vernacular equivalent of Lawrence.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Lor counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈1,100,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Lor | 12 |
| FR France | #140 | ≈70,000 est. | ≈1 in 965 | 84K | Laure | 389 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | #153 | ≈66,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Laure | 17 |
| CM Cameroon | #14 | ≈46,000 est. | ≈1 in 602 | — | Laure | 30 |
| GB United Kingdom | #428 | ≈27,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | — | Lor | 95 |
| IE Ireland | #205 | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Lor | 12 |
| US United States | #476 | 2,597as Laure | 1 in 128K | 14K | Lor | 279 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Lor is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Tagged at the end of a sentence to convey a sense of resignation or inevitability.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
unexplained.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In Indonesian, north
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In io, at the time of (an event), at the same time as
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In fro, to them (third-person indirect object pronoun)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Luo Yinb. 833CNnot in their usual nameChinese writer and statesman (833-909)
- Luo Guanzhongb. 1334CNnot in their usual name14th-century Chinese writer
- Luo Ruiqingb. 1906CNnot in their usual nameChinese general, politician (1906-1978)
- Lo Hsiang-linb. 1906CNnot in their usual nameChinese academic
- Lo Weib. 1918CNnot in their usual nameChinese film director (1918–1996)
- Joe Juniorb. 1947CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong singer and actor
- Lo Mangb. 1952CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong martial artist and actor
- Clara Lawb. 1957AUnot in their usual nameAustralian film director
- May Lob. 1966CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actress
- Show Lob. 1979TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese singer, actor and dancer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 32 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 399 | #16,996 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 257 | #16,996 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1991 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1985 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1992 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1990 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1989 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1988 | 6 | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Lor?
- In the etymology graph, Larry, Lawrence and Laurie are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Lor?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɫɔɹ/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Lor a male or female name?
- Lor is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Lor mean, and where does it come from?
- from a short form of Lorent, Dutch vernacular equivalent of Lawrence. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- In which country does Lor have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.1 million people named Lor in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lor.
- How common is the name Lor?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,597 people named Laure in 2020, about 1 in 128 thousand residents.
- How common is Lor compared with other names?
- In Cameroon, Lor is the 14th most common given name of 9,064 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Lor?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/lorThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lor” — the 14th most common given name in Cameroon. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.