Lauren

Where Lauren comes from

Latin clipping of Laurentius. Doublet of Laurence.
— Wiktionary's entry for Lauren
  • Latin
  • 2 syllables
Lauren through the years
  1. 1924
    First appearance
    #4,434 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1944
    Around this time: Lauren Bacall in To Have and Have Not
    Film, 1944 · Source
  3. 1945
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  4. 1967
    Lauren Graham born
    American actress, producer and novelist
  5. 1982
    Lauren Cohan born
    American-British actress
  6. 1989
    Peak, #9
    21,065 babies named Lauren, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name.
  • A female given name from Latin, masculine equivalent Laurence; feminine of Lawrence
  • A male given name from Latin, of rare usage, variant of Laurence.
Namesakes
  • Lauren Graham · American actress, producer and novelist, born 1967
  • Lauren Cohan · American-British actress, born 1982
  • Lauren Holly · American actress, born 1963
  • Lauren German · American actress, born 1978
  • Lauren Hutton · American model, actress, and entrepreneur, born 1943

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. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.