Larene
Feminine
Larene is an American front attached to an ending that came off Irene and Maureen — and the Greek name at the bottom of it belongs to a goddess who only got temples when the wars were going well.
How old is the name Larene?
Larene first appears in US birth records in 1909 — 116 years ago. The typical Larene alive today was born around 1936, making them about 89 years old. About 400 people named Larene are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Larene most popular?
Larene peaked in 1929, reaching #1487 nationally. See the whole 1929 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Larene
Peace was a goddess in both Greece and Rome, and both cities were selective about honoring her. Athens set up a cult and a famous statue — the goddess holding the infant Wealth, which is about as direct a political statement as sculpture gets — in a period when peace had just been negotiated and was worth advertising. Rome built her an enormous altar under Augustus and a temple under Vespasian, both of them immediately after wars, both of them monuments to a peace imposed by winning. A goddess of peace is almost always a victory monument in disguise, and the ancient cities were entirely open about it.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The ending resembles the tail of Irene, which is the Greek word for peace, but a syllable cut loose from a name does not carry the name's meaning. The front is an American prefix with no sense at all. Nothing here can be translated honestly.
Pronouncing Larene
luh-REEN
Two syllables with the stress at the back. The ending rhymes with seen.
Nicknames for Larene
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1909
- Most girls named
- 192526 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1487reached in 1929
- Change vs 1982
- 0.0%6 in 1984, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Larenes among us
people named Larene are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Larene sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The back stress gives it a strong finish and protects it from clipping.
- It is read correctly on sight with nothing difficult in it.
- It is genuinely rare now.
- Lorene, Laureen and Larena are all nearby and hers will be written as one of them.
- The name belongs firmly to one American era.
- Neither half carries a meaning that can be stated honestly.
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Frequently asked
- How many Larenes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Larene are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Larene in 2025?
- Larene is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Larene with classmates?
- Larene will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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