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Laurie (girl)

What does Laurie mean?

Laurie Pronunciation of 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

STARTS/ENDS WITH Lau-, -rie

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
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(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)

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?

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.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Laurie, Laura, Lauralee, Laure, Laureen in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Laurel, Lauren, Laurena, Laurence, Laurene in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Laurette, Lauri, Laurice, Laurinda, Laurine in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Lollie, Lora, Loree, Lori, Lorie in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Lorine, Lorri, Lorrie, Lorry, Lory in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Laura, Lauren outside U.S.

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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