Lourie

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Any of several species of the family Musophagidae

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈɫaʊɹi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Lourie is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 621K(measured from records)
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 175K
  • CNChina≈1 in 208K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈6,700 people, est.

Sources
206 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 175K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Any of several species of the family Musophagidae.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Lourie 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.

Where Lourie is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈6,700 est.≈1 in 208K—Lourie4
PH Philippines≈620 est.≈1 in 175K—Lourie32
US United States5361 in 621K521Lourie206
IT Italy≈140 est.≈1 in 462K—Lourie4
GB United Kingdom≈93 est.≈1 in 705KlistedLourie67
CA Canada≈88 est.≈1 in 427K—Lourie42
GY Guyana21 in 375K2—1
IS Iceland11 in 351K1——

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; the bbc-pronouncing-dictionary-british-names register; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Lourie is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Brazil, Peru

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Lourié

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Lourié

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Canada

    Also written Lourié

  • Danish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Languages: Danish, Swedish

    Also written Lourié

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Lourie is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • variant of Loria.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • variant of Lowry.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

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)

1850190019502000Ossip Lourié, b. 1868Arthur Lourié, b. 1892Norman Lourie, b. 1909Janice Lourie, b. 1930Alan David Lourie, b. 1935Dick Lourie, b. 1937Richard Lourie, b. 1940Joel Lourie, b. 1962Brian Lourie, b. 1969

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)

InformalHi Lourie,

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 15 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Lourie
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000461#44,027
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020453#49,989
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010413#50,564
GB United KingdomBBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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 does the name Lourie mean, and where does it come from?
Any of several species of the family Musophagidae. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Lourie?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɫaʊɹi/ (IPA) for English.
Is Lourie a male or female name?
Lourie 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.
In which country does Lourie have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 6.7 thousand people named Lourie in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lourie.
How common is the name Lourie?
In the United States, the national register counted 536 people named Lourie in 2020, about 1 in 621 thousand residents.

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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, “Lourie”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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