Lauri

Where Lauri comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Lauri.

  • Vowel-ended
Lauri through the years
  1. 1868
    Lauri Ingman born
    Finnish priest, theologian and politician
  2. 1883
    Lauri Kristian Relander born
    Finnish politician; the 2nd President of Finland
  3. 1941
    First appearance
    #3,030 among girls with 9 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1941
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  5. 1961
    Peak, #355
    717 babies named Lauri, the most in any year.
  6. 1971
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #524.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Lauri Kristian Relander · Finnish politician; the 2nd President of Finland, 1883–1942
  • Lauri Ingman · Finnish priest, theologian and politician, 1868–1934
  • Lauri Markkanen · Finnish basketball player, born 1997
  • Lauri Törni · Finnish military officer in the Finnish Army, Waffen-SS, and U.S. Army, 1919–1965
  • Lauri Ylönen · Finnish rock singer, born 1979

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.