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Lurdes
How to Pronounce Lurdes
Pronounced LOOR-des /ˈlʊər.dɛs/Low
Meaning: Lurdes is a Spanish and Portuguese form of Lourdes, taken from the town of Lourdes in southern France, site of the celebrated Marian apparitions of 1858. As a given name it honors Our Lady of Lourdes, and the place-name itself is of Occitan origin.Medium
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
Lurdes is the Iberian form of Lourdes, given in devotion to Our Lady of Lourdes, whose shrine in France became one of the most visited Marian sites in the world after 1858. Carried to the United States by Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking families, it appears in the records as a heritage name held within Catholic households.
Lurdes was never common in the United States, reaching only about twenty girls a year around its peak in 1977 and remaining a distinctly heritage choice. A woman named Lurdes then is in her forties or fifties today.
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What does the name Lurdes mean?
It is a Spanish and Portuguese form of Lourdes, a devotional name honoring Our Lady of Lourdes, from the French town.
How do you pronounce Lurdes?
It is said LOOR-des /ˈlʊər.dɛs/, two syllables with the stress on the first.
Is Lurdes a boy or girl name?
Lurdes is used here as a girl's name.
How popular is Lurdes?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the late nineteen-seventies, mostly in Spanish- and Portuguese-heritage families.