Lorelei (sometimes spelled Lorelai, Loreley, or Lorilee) is a feminine given name originating from the name of the rock headland on the Rhine River. Legends say that a maiden named Lorelei lived on the rock and lured fishermen to their deaths with her song.
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People
Loreley, pen name of Mexican writer María Luisa Garza (1887–1980)
Lorelei DeCora Means (born 1954), a Native American nurse and civil rights activist
Lorelei Linklater (born 1994), American actress and multimedia artist
Lorelei King, American actress, screenwriter and development executive
Luisana Loreley Lopilato de la Torre (born 1987), Argentine actress and model
Fictional characters
Lorelei (Asgardian), a character in the Marvel Comics Universe and the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Lorelei (A Court of Silver Flames), one of the Valkyries and priestesses in the book series A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Lorelei, an Elite Four member in Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, and Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Lorelei Ambrosia, a character in Superman III
Lorelai Gilmore, and daughter Lorelai 'Rory' Gilmore, characters on the American television series Gilmore Girls
Lorelei Lee, Marilyn Monroe's character in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Lorelei Martins, a character who was an accomplice and later a victim of Red John in the television series The Mentalist
Lorelei Tsing, a doctor from American science fiction television series The 100
Mystia Lorelei, a character in Imperishable Night from the video game franchise, Touhou Project
Lorelei Lee Long, a character in the books Time Enough for Love and The Number of the Beast (novel) by Robert A. Heinlein.
Other fictional uses
A Star Trek: The Animated Series episode entitled "The Lorelei Signal" involved alien women able to mentally enslave the men of the U.S.S. Enterprise.