Lurline as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Lurline

What is the meaning of the name Lurline ?

The baby name Lurline is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced LUR-leen,LUR-line.

Lurline is Germanic in Origin.

Lurline is an English feminine name most plausibly fashioned as an Anglicized form of Lorelei, the Rhine maiden of German legend. Its sense follows Lorelei’s etymology from Middle High German lûren “to watch, to lure” and lei “rock, cliff,” often rendered “luring rock,” evoking a siren who bewitches sailors. The spelling Lurline echoes 19th‑century taste for -line endings and was propelled by William Vincent Wallace’s opera Lurline (1860) and later literary references, including L. Frank Baum’s fairy Queen Lurline in the Oz tales.

As a given name, Lurline appeared in English-speaking records from the late 1800s, enjoyed modest US use into the 1930s, and is now decidedly rare, lending it a vintage, storybook tone. Variants and related forms include Lurleen and Lurlene; Lorelei is the closer cognate. Possible nicknames are Lulu, Luri, and Lina.