Frequency: (959)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. French (Loré): habitational name from Loré in Orne.
2. Dutch (de Lore): metonymic occupational name for a rag merchant, from Middle Dutch lore, luere ‘rag’.
3. Hungarian (Lőre): from a pet form of the personal name Lőrinc (see Lorincz).
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 8%. Vito (4), Salvatore (3), Angelo (2), Biagio (2), Francesco (2), Rocco (2), Corrado, Domenico, Gandolfo, Gasper, Gesualdo.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
