Baby name
Lourdes
/LOOR · des/
Meaning
“French place name turned given name”
Spanish given name taken from the French town of Lourdes, where Marian apparitions were reported in 1858; carries deep Catholic devotional weight.
How it ages.
Devotional names age slowly; this one carries too much religious gravity to fade quickly.
The cultural moment.
Common in Spain and Latin America throughout the 20th century; steady, not trending.