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Lodema

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How to Pronounce Lodema

Pronounced loh-DEE-muh /loʊˈdiː.mə/Medium

Meaning: Lodema is a rare American girl's name that surfaces in nineteenth-century records with no documented root. It looks like an invented or elaborated name of the kind families coined in that period, possibly built on a sound rather than a meaning. We flag it as uncertain.Low

In 30 seconds: Lodema is a rare, invented-sounding American girl's name from the nineteenth century, with no documented meaning (said loh-DEE-muh).

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MeaningLodema is a rare American girl's name that surfaces in nineteenth-century records with no documented root. It looks like an invented or elaborated name of the kind families coined in that period, possibly built on a sound rather than a meaning. We flag it as uncertain.

U.S. rank (1956)#6485 ↘ Falling

1956 U.S. births5 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)

Peak year1929

Total births (all-time)≈ 498

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Lodema turns up in United States records from around 1890, an uncommon name with no settled origin. It reads as one of the melodic coinages families invented in the eighteen- and nineteen-hundreds, prized for sound over any traceable meaning. It was never common, given to only a couple dozen girls a year even at its late-1920s high.

A girl named Lodema then would be a great-grandmother today, and the name has a soft, old-fashioned ring. It has not revived, and its meaning remains genuinely uncertain rather than something we would invent.

Did you know? Lodema is a small mystery: it appears in American records for generations, yet no dictionary or name study pins down where it came from, marking it as a home-grown coinage.

Overall data confidence 26%

References - Lodema — Nineteenth-century American coinage; origin undocumented

Variations

LodemiaLudemaLodemma

Nicknames

LoDema

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Lodema mean?

Its origin is uncertain; it appears to be a home-grown American coinage with no documented meaning.

How do you pronounce Lodema?

It's said loh-DEE-muh /loʊˈdiː.mə/, three syllables, stress in the middle.

Is Lodema a boy or girl name?

Lodema is used as a girl's name.

How popular is Lodema?

It was always rare, an early-American name given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak.