Lourdes

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Lourdes is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Catalan given name56K records spelled Lourdes10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Lourdès, Loudes, Lourdés, Loudès, Löűdës

• Indonesian given name9.8K records spelled Lourdes4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia, Spain, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Loudes

• Khmer given name8.8K records spelled Lourdes3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Vietnam, Bolivia

  Languages: Khmer, Vietnamese

  Also written Loudes

• Lao given name5.7K records spelled Lourdes16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Philippines, Chile

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Lirot, ลิรุด, ลรดี, ลรีด, ลีรด

• Polish given name1.4K records spelled Lourdes3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Poland, Spain, Peru

  Also written Loudes, Lóúrdes

• Finnish given name1.2K records spelled Lourdes3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Spain, United States, Peru

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Loudes

61 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●

Lourdes is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Religious name borne by Roman Catholics, referring to the place in southern France where a shrine was established after a young peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous, had visions of the Virgin Mary and uncovered a healing spring in 1858. In recent times, Lourdes has become a major centre for pilgrimage, especially by people suffering from various illnesses or physical handicaps.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Spanish, a female given name transferred from the place name

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, De la advocación francesa de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes, por el topónimo vasco Lorde/Lourde.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In English, College, OH

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, town, France

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper 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.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 110 years between 1907–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgob. 1930PTPortuguese politician (1930–2004)
• Lou Leon Guerrerob. 1950USnot in their usual nameGuamanian politician
• Lourdes Floresb. 1959PEPeruvian politician
• Lourdes Benedictob. 1974USAmerican actress
• Lourdes Domínguez Linob. 1981ESSpanish tennis player
• Russian Redb. 1985ESnot in their usual nameSpanish singer-songwriter
• Lovi Poeb. 1989PHnot in their usual nameFilipino actress and singer (born 1991)
• Lourdes Gurriel Jr.b. 1993CUCuban professional baseball player
• Lourdes Mohedanob. 1995ESSpanish rhythmic gymnast
• Lourdes Leonb. 1996USAmerican singer, dancer, and fashion model

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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 806 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Lourdes?

We estimate roughly 171 thousand people bear Lourdes (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Lourdes have the most bearers?

Lourdes is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled lourdes.

How common is Lourdes compared with other names?

In Mexico, Lourdes is the 79th most common given name of 191,605 given names recorded there.

Is Lourdes a male or female name?

Lourdes 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.

What does the name Lourdes mean?

Recorded meaning: From the Marian pilgrimage site of Lourdes in France; place name of uncertain origin.