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First name: Lorelei
 

Origin

: German, English

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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", one on the rock-seated water woman the lures sailors to their death with song and the meaning of the name is not entirely clear, perhaps "ambush" + "rock"
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