Lorelei (name)

Lorelei

Loreley, Emil Krupa-Krupinski, 1899
Gender	Feminine
Other names
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.^{[ citation needed ]}

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 (Asgardian), a character in the Marvel Comics Universe and the Marvel Cinematic Universe
• Lorelei (A Court of Silver Flames), one of the Valkyries and priestesses in the book series A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
• Lorelei (Pokémon), an Elite Four member in Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, and Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
• Lorelei Ambrosia, a character in Superman III
• Lorelai Gilmore, a character on the American television series Gilmore Girls
• Lorelei Lee, Marilyn Monroe's character in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
• Lorelei Martins, a character who was an accomplice and later a victim of Red John in the television series The Mentalist
• Lorelei Tsing, a doctor from American science fiction television series The 100

Other fictional uses

• A Star Trek: The Animated Series episode entitled "The Lorelei Signal" involved alien women able to mentally enslave the men of the U.S.S. Enterprise.