Lorinda

Where Lorinda comes from

A spelling variant of Laurinda.
— Wiktionary's entry for Lorinda
  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1855
    Lorinda Munson Bryant born
    American writer and educator
  2. 1886
    First appearance
    #993 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1944
    Lorinda Cherry born
    Computer scientist and original Unix team member
  4. 1965
    Peak, #764
    168 babies named Lorinda — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1976
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,355.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Lorinda Cherry · Computer scientist and original Unix team member, 1944–2022
  • Lorinda Munson Bryant · American writer and educator, 1855–1933

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.