Show ContentsLoren History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The surname Loren comes from an old French given name Laurens (Laurentius in Latin). Versions of this given name were popular throughout Christian Europe due to a Saint, so named, who was martyred in Rome in the 3rd century A.D.

Early Origins of the Loren family

The surname Loren was first found in Provence.

Early History of the Loren family

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Loren Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Laurent, Saint-Laurent, Lauren, Laurents, Lorent, Loren, Laurrent, Laurren, Laurrents, Lorrent, Lorren, Laurrens, Laurens, Laurrens, Saint-Laurrent, Saint-Lauren, Saint-Laurents, Saint-Laurrents, Saint-Laurren, Saint-Lorent, Saint-Loren, Saint-Lorens, Saint-Lorrent, Saint-Lorren and many more.

Early Notables of the Loren family

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United States Loren migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Loren Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • John Loren, who landed in Maryland in 1679 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Loren (post 1700) +

  • Odin G. Loren, American politician, U.S. Vice Consul in Colón, 1922; Edmonton, 1926-31; Antofagasta, 1932; U.S. Consul in Nuevo Laredo, 1938; Maracaibo, 1947 2
  • Dean Loren, American politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 15th District, 2000 2
  • James Loren, Statistician
  • Hydeia Loren Broadbent (1984-2024), American HIV/AIDS activist
  • Captain William Loren McGonagle (1925-1999), United States Naval officer who received the Medal of Honor for his actions while in command of the USS Liberty when it was attacked by Israel in the Eastern Mediterranean on June 8, 1967 during the Six-Day War
  • Donald Loren Gile (b. 1935), American Major League Baseball utility first baseman/catcher who played from 1959 to 1962 for the Boston Red Sox
  • Dewey Loren McClain (b. 1954), American former professional football player, labor leader, and politician, Member of the Georgia House of Representatives (2013-)
  • Kyle Loren Kingsbury (b. 1982), American mixed martial artist
  • Michael Loren Mauldin, American founder of Lycos search engine
  • Betty Loren Maltese, American former town president of Cicero, Illinois


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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