Tracing the Loren Family Name

Arms linked to Lorenzo and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Meaning of the name

Not every Loren is related, but the name itself grew out of Lorenzo. The family name meaning is “From Laurentum”, the same as for Lorenzo.

Records show Loren as one of the forms Lorenzo took over time. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. Other spellings include Lorenc, Llorens and Lorente. The 2010 US Census counted 859 people named Loren, ranking it number 27,918 among American surnames. In the Spanish register, Loren appears 730 times as a first surname and 639 times as a second one.

Get the complete Loren report, with a museum-style coat of arms.