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Lourdes
Pronounced /lʊɹd(z)/
Rank in 2024
#2,751
Born in 2024
62
Peak year
1963 · #532
Origin
Spanish
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 62 girls were named Lourdes, about 1 in every 26,019.
- It peaked in 1963 with 333 babies, ranked #532.
- It first shows up in the records in 1916.
- 14,744 girls have been named Lourdes since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Lourdes per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.2Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 104 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 331 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,246 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,924 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,058 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,059 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,022 babies, 0.05 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From French Lourdes, corruption of Medieval Latin Lorus (778), the baptismal name taken by a Moorish leader who converted to Christianity, though of unknown ultimate meaning. The town in Newfoundland is named after the town in France.
- A female given name from Spanish, from the Spanish epithet of Virgin Mary as Nuestra Señora de Lourdes.
- Origin
- Spanish
- Say it
- /lʊɹd(z)/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Lourdes, CC BY-SA 4.0.