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First name Loreley - Meaning, Origin and Rating
Origin
German, English
Nameday
Meaning
originally the name of a slate rock, which rises just before St.Goarshausen from the Rhine, the poet Clemens Brentano created in 1801 fantasy figure "Lore Lay", a sitting on the rock water woman with singing sailors to their deaths attracted the meaning of the name is unclear, perhaps "ambush" + "rock"