Laureen

Where Laureen comes from

The dictionaries list Laureen as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1917
    First appearance
    #3,713 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1927
    Laureen Nussbaum born
    Jewish German linguistics professor, Holocaust survivor
  3. 1960
    Peak, #516
    349 babies named Laureen — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1963
    Laureen Harper born
    wife of Stephen Harper
  5. 1968
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #762.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Laureen Nussbaum · Jewish German linguistics professor, Holocaust survivor, born 1927
  • Laureen Harper · wife of Stephen Harper, born 1963
  • Laureen Beckles · French athletics competitor, born 1958
  • Laureen Maxwell · French high jumper, born 2002

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.