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♀ Laurie (girl)
What does Laurie mean?
Laurie 
▼ as a girls' name (also used as boys' name Laurie) has its root in Latin, and the name Laurie means "the bay, or laurel plant". Laurie is a version of Laura (Latin). See also Lori
ASSOCIATED WITH bay (tree)
Variations
VARIANTS Lory, Lorry, Lorrie▼, Lorri▼, Lorie▼, Lori▼, Lorey, Loree, Lora▼, Lawra, Lauri▼, Lari, Larea
OTHER FORMS VIA LAURA Lauraine, Lauralee, Laurana, Laure, Laureen▼, Laurel, Lauren▼, Laurena, Laurence, Laurene, Laurette, Lauriane, Laurianne, Laurice, Lauricia, Laurina, Laurinda, Laurine, Laurita, Laurnea, Lavra, Lollie, Lorine▼
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Laurie Tara (L.T.), ..
How popular is Laurie?
Laurie is a very prominent first name for females (#192 out of 4276, Top 4%) and also a very prominent surname for all people (#8815 out of 150436, Top 6%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Laurie reached its top position of #58 in the U.S. in the 1960s, but is not ranked at the moment. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Prominent alternative forms of Laurie appearing in the Top 2000 are Lauren (#171 FROM RECENT DATA), Laura (#340), Laurel (#623), Lori (#1575), Laurine, Lorry, Lorrie, Lorri, Lorine, Lorie, Loree, Lora, Lollie, Laurinda, Lauralee, Laurice, Lauri, Laurette, Laurene, Laurence, Laurena, Laureen, Laure and Lory. Other forms, like Laurina, are uncommon. These forms of Laurie were at the apex of their popularity in the 1960s (ADOPTION OF 2.7%) and have become much less common since (ADOPTION 0.2%, ▼92.9%), with forms like Lorrie going out of style.
Similar Names
Laurie▼ is alike in pronunciation to Lara, Larae, Laray, Laree, Larra, Liri, Loria, Lorrae, Lorree, Lura▼ and Lyria. Other recommended sound-alike names are Barrie, Baubie, Carie▼, Carrie▼, Gauri, Harrie, Karie▼, Karrie▼, Lacie▼, Lailie, Lallie, Lanie, Lannie, Larine, Lassie, Latrice▼, Laural, Laurelie, Lauriel, Laurin, Lauryn▼, Laycie, Loire, Lucie, Marie▼, Maudie▼, Maure, Maurie, Maurine▼, Maurise, Paulie, Sarie and Taubie. These names tend to be less commonly used than Laurie.
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