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I did a little more research and the earliest use of the name I've come across was in an opera by William Vincent Wallace called "Lurline" from 1860. The subject of the opera was the Lorelei, whose name he changed. The Wikipedia entry for Lorelei says the name was derived from the Rhenish word "lureln" which means "murmuring", and Wallace supposedly came up with the idea for his opera while sailing the Rhine. I wonder if Lurline was derived from "lureln"? At any rate, this explains the Lurline-Lorelei connection.