Laurie - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Laurie \la(u)-rie\, also used as boy's name Laurie, is a variant of Laura (Latin), and the meaning of Laurie is "the bay, or laurel plant". See also Lori.

The baby name Laurie sounds like Lauri and Laure. Other similar baby names are Laurine, Laurice, Lauriel, Laurin and Maurie.

Laurie is a very common first name for women (#192 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#11355 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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