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Lorena

Meaning

Means "woman of Lorraine", the region of north-eastern France.

Origin and History

  • · From French Lorraine, the historical French region, whose own name comes from Latin Lotharingia, "kingdom of Lothair".
  • · It is one of the few names in the catalogue that comes from a specific European geographic region rather than a person's name or virtue.

Traits and personality

In Pythagorean numerology, C, L and U are initials of the number 3: it's read as socially magnetic with a communicative streak, drawn to the artistic. This is a numerology reading, not an exact science — character is shaped by life, not by a name.

Initial
L
Syllables
3

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