Lorelei (name) explained

Lorelei
Gender:	Feminine
Related Names:	Lorelai (variant spelling)

Lorelei (sometimes spelled Lorelai, Loreley, or Lorilee) is a feminine given name originating from the name of the rock headland on the Rhine River. Legends say that a maiden named Lorelei lived on the rock and lured fishermen to their deaths with her song.

People

• Loreley, pen name of Mexican writer María Luisa Garza (1887–1980)
• Lorelei DeCora Means (born 1954), a Native American nurse and civil rights activist
• Lorelei Linklater (born 1994), American actress and multimedia artist
• Luisana Loreley Lopilato de la Torre (born 1987), Argentine actress and model

Fictional characters

• Lorelei Lee, Marilyn Monroe's character in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
• Lorelai Gilmore, a character on the American television series Gilmore Girls
• Lorelei (Asgardian), a character in the Marvel Comics Universe and the Marvel Cinematic Universe
• Lorelei (Pokémon), an Elite Four member in Pokémon Red and Blue, Pokémon Yellow, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen as well as
• Dr. Lorelei Tsing, a doctor from American science fiction television series The 100
• A Star Trek animated episode entitled The Lorelei Signal involved alien women able to mentally enslave the men of the U.S.S. Enterprise.
• Lorelei, one of the Valkyries and priestesses in the book A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas.
• Lorelei Martins, a character who was an accomplice and later a victim of Red John in television series The Mentalist
• Lorelei Ambrosia, a character in Superman III