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What does Laureen mean?
Laureen 
▼ as a girls' name is of Latin origin, and Laureen means "the bay, or laurel plant". Laureen is a version of Laura (Latin).
ASSOCIATED WITH bay (tree)
Variations
VARIANTS Lorine▼, Lorene▼, Loren▼, Loreen, Laurine, Laurianne, Lauriane, Laurene, Lauren▼, Lauraine
RELATIONS VIA LAURA Larea, Lauralee, Laurana, Laure, Laurel, Laurella, Laurena, Laurence, Lauretha, Lauretta▼, Laurette, Lauri▼, Laurice, Laurie▼, Laurina, Laurita, Laurnea, Loree
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Laureen Nicole (L.N.), ..
How popular is Laureen?
Laureen is a very prominent first name for women (#1484 out of 4276, Top 35%) but an unusual last name for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Laureen entered the list in 1930-1939 and reached its apex position of #616 in the U.S. in the 1950s, but is not in the Top 1000 currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Lauren (#171 VIA LATEST LIST), Laura (#340), Laurel (#623), Loren (#1932), Laurice, Lorene, Loreen, Loree, Laurine, Laurie, Laurette, Lauri, Lauralee, Lauretta, Laurene, Laurence, Laurena, Laure and Lorine are the popular variation forms of Laureen rated in the Top 2000. Usage of these forms of Laureen was common during 1980-1989 (AVERAGE #1573) and has become much diminished since (#1753, 89% LESS USAGE), with versions such as Lauren becoming somewhat outmoded.
Similar Names
Laureen▼ is pronounced similarly to Laraene, Lareine, Laren, Larren, Larryn, Larrynn, Laryn, Laurenne, Laurin, Lauryn▼, Laurynn, Loreene, Lorenn, Lorren and Lowrenn. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Caileen, Caleen, Careen, Carlen, Carmen▼, Carreen, Carwen, Catreen, Cayleen, Claireen, Dareen, Daveen, Doreen▼, Dorreen, Eireen, Faeleen, Fanceen (see Fanny), Gayleen, Harleen, Ireen, Jayleen▲, Kamren, Kareen, Karmen▲, Kayleen, Koreen, L'Wren, Laree, Lareina, Larena, Larreina, Larsen, Latreese, Laurelei, Laurelie, Laurell, Laurelle, Lauriel, Lurleen, Lurlene, Mareen, Margeen, Marlen▼, Marrlen, Maureen▼, Naydeen, Nureen, Pauleen, Raeleen, Rayleen, Sabreen, Sareen, Sasheen, Shireen, Taleen, Taren, Tarren, Treen, Yasmeen and Zareen. These names tend to be less frequently used than Laureen.
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