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Laurie (boy)

What does Laurie mean?

Laurie Pronunciation of Laurie as a name for boys (also used as girls' name Laurie) is of Latin derivation, and the name Laurie means "from Laurentum". Laurie is a version of Lawrence (Latin).

STARTS/ENDS WITH La-, -ie

Variations

VARIANTS Lorry, Lawry, Lawrie, Lawrey, Larry, Larrey

RELATED FORMS VIA LAWRENCE Lars, Laurance, Lauren, Laurence, Laurens, Laurent, Laurenz, Laurits, Lauritz, Lorin

FEMININE FORM Lori

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Laurie Rico (L.R.), ..

How popular is Laurie?

Laurie is an uncommon given name for men but a very popular surname for both adults and children (#8815 out of 150436, Top 6%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Laurie reached its apex position of #1202 in the U.S. in the 1930s, but is not in the Top 1000 currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Laurie name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Laurie outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Larry (#706 IN RECENT RANKINGS), Lars (#1756), Laurance, Lauren, Laurence, Laurent, Lawrence (#498) and Lorin are the prominent related forms of Laurie rated in the Top 2000. Other variants, like Lawrie, are seldom used. These forms of Laurie reached the top of their popularity 8 decades ago (USAGE OF 2.32%) and have become much less widespread since (USAGE 0.06%, 97.6% LESS), with versions like Laurence becoming less in vogue.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Laurie, Larry, Lars, Laurance, Lauren in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Laurence, Laurent, Lawrence, Lorin in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Laurie and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Laurie is alike in pronunciation to Laray, Larie, Laroy, Larue and Lary. Other recommended sound-alike names are Barnie, Barrie, Baxlie, Braulie (see Brawley), Burnie, Cadbie (see Cadby), Clarrie, Darbie, Davie, Derrie, Fairlie, Gardie, Garrie, Hallie, Harlie, Harrie, Harvie, Hubie, Imrie, Jackie, Jakie, Jamie, Jaymie, Jorie, Kearie, Lacie, Laddie, Ladle, Laine, Lake, Lale, Lamarre, Lance, Lange, Lannie, Laramie, Larch, Laren, Largo, Larin, Lark, Larran, Larrin, Larsen, Laud, Launce, Laurian, Layne, Linnie, Lorrin, Louie, Lucien, Lucio, Martie, Maurice, Maurie, Maurin, Maurio, Maurise, Norrie, Parrie, Paulie, Perrie, Rudie, Sachie, Sandie, Tannie, Terrie, Torrie and Wallie. These names tend to be more commonly used than Laurie.

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