Origin: From a Latin word for laurel
Gender: female
Languages of use: German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, English, Hungarian
Diminutives: Laurel, Laurie, Lori, Lorrie
Asteroid: 467 Laura, discovered 1901
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Language of origin: Latin
Info, male:
from the ancient Roman cognomen Laurentius, which means the one from Laurentum, with Laurentum a city in Italy
later the name was assumed to derive from laurus (laurel) and to mean the one crowned with laurel with the crown made of laurel as the symbol of victory
Words: laurus = the laurel Latin
Name variants: Lara, Laura, Laurane, Lauranne, Laure, Laureen, Laurel, Lauren, Laurence, Laurene, Laurentia, Lauretta, Lauriane, Laurie, Laurine, Laury, Lauryn, Lauryne, Lora, Loreen, Lorella, Loren, Lorena, Lorene, Lorenza, Lorenzina, Loretta, Lori, Loriana, Loriane, Lorie, Lorina, Lorine, Lorrie, Larry, Lars, Lasse, Laurance, Laurence, Laurens, Laurent, Laurente, Laurentiu, Laurentius, Laurenz, Laurenzo, Lauri, Laurids, Laurits, Lauritz, Lauro, Lavrans, Lawrence, Lenz, Loren, Lorenc, Lorenz, Lorenzo, Lorin, Lörinc, Loris, Lourenço, Lovrenc, Lovro, Rens, Renz, Renzo