Laurie

Where Laurie comes from

The given names are clippings of Laurence, Lawrence, Laura, or Lauren + -ie, all ultimately from Latin laurus (“laurel”). The surname is from the diminutive of Lawrence. The city in Missouri was named by its residents in 1961 after L. M. and William (Buster) Laurie, who in 1937 bought a building in the area and operated the Laurie Market, because of the goodwill generated by the family store over the years.
— Wiktionary's entry for Laurie
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Laurie through the years
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #908 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1927
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 1947
    Laurie Anderson born
    American artist and musician
  4. 1960
    Peak, #37
    10,143 babies named Laurie, its best rank.
  5. 1967
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #72.
  6. 1969
    Laurie Holden born
    American-Canadian actress
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name.
  • A diminutive of the male given names Laurence and Lawrence; alternative form of Lawrie; a pet form of the male given name Laurence or Lawrence.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Laura; popular as a female given name in the US in the mid-twentieth century.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Lauren.
Namesakes
  • Laurie Holden · American-Canadian actress, born 1969
  • Laurie Anderson · American artist and musician, born 1947
  • Laurie Hernandez · American artistic gymnast, born 2000
  • Laurie Halse Anderson · American children's writer, born 1961
  • Laurie Lee · British writer, 1914–1997

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.