Laura

English from Latin

"from Laurentum or bay laurel"

Laura Origin and Meaning

The name Laura is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "from Laurentum or bay laurel".

Laura is a hauntingly evocative perennial, never trendy, never dated, feminine without being fussy, with literary links stretching back to Dante. All this makes Laura a more solid choice than any of its more decorative counterparts and one of the most classic girl names starting with L.

Laura has ranked on the popular names list since official US records have been kept. A frequent Top 20 name from 1963 to 1986, reaching Number 10 in 1969, Laura remained in the Top 100—minus a brief stretch from 1935 to 1944—until as recently as 2001.

The meaning of the name, laurel, implies victory via the laurel wreath worn by Olympic athletes and Roman emperors. It was first made famous by the Laura to whom the Italian Renaissance poet Petrarch dedicated many of his love poems and was later used by Dickens in Bleak House.

Well known Lauras include First Lady Bush, Little House writer Ingalls Wilder, designer Ashley, and actors Dern and Linney.

Laura Rank in US Top 1000

# 365 in the US

Laura Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 231 on Nameberry

Laura Popularity

• 365 US 2023
• 231 Nameberry 2024
• 104 Canada 2023
• 538 Future 2028
• 233 England 2023
• 175 Scotland 2022
• 91 Ireland 2022
• 95 France 2018
• 46 Germany 2023
• 90 Netherlands 2021
• 54 Spain 2023
• 14 Portugal 2022
• 258 Mexico 2021
• 4 Brazil 2023
• 92 Sweden 2022
• 29 Denmark 2023
• 57 Belgium 2021
• 32 Switzerland 2023
• 10 Austria 2023
• 11 Hungary 2023
• 3 Poland 2023
• 30 Estonia 2023
• 89 Slovenia 2023
• 34 Chile 2021
• 87 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2022
• 17 Croatia 2023

20 Names Similar to Laura

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Laura.

• Sarah
• Julia
• Rachel
• Lauren
• Mary
• Anne
• Anna
• Catherine
• Katherine
• Emily
• Rebecca
• Kate
• David
• Helen
• Maria
• Isabel
• Margaret
• Elizabeth
• Jane
• Alexandra

Famous People Named Laura

• Laura Ingalls Wilder American Pioneer and children's novelist
• Laura Lane Welch Bush U.S. First Lady as wife of President George W. Bush
• Laura Prepon American actress
• Laura Leggett Linney American actress
• Laura Elizabeth Dern American actress
• Laura Kaeppeler Miss America 2012
• Laura Beatrice Marling English singer,songwriter
• Laura Elizabeth Carmichael English actress
• Laura Marano American actress
• Laura Allen American actress
• Laura Sioux Kirkpatrick American model
• Laura Ilene Benanti American actress
• Laura Fraser Scottish actress
• Laura Leigh, (born Laura Leigh Moser), American actress
• Laura Ann Osnes American actress and singer
• Laura Mennell Canadian actress
• Laura Anne Ingraham American radio host
• author and political commentator
• Laura Ewa Łącz Polish actress
• Laura Samojłowicz Polish actress
• Laura Colleen Gloria Alleway Australian soccer players
• Laura Bassett English football player
• Laura Stéphanie Georges French football player
• Laura Anna Benkarth German football player
• Laura del Rio Garcia Spanish football player
• Laura Willingham Bailey Voice actor and player on the dnd show Critical Role
• Laura Zeng American rhythmic gymnast
• Laura Halford British rhythmic gymnast
• Laura Pergolizzi American singer,songwriter who goes by LP
• Laura Sales Portuguese rhythmic gymnast
• Laura Pausini Italian singer
• Laura Bragato Beautiful Italian Model

Laura in Pop Culture

• Laura Holt character on TV's "Remington Steele"
• Laura Wingfield character in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
• Laura Roslin character on TV's "Battlestar Galactica"
• Laura Petrie character on "The Dick van Dyke Show"
• Laura Palmer character on TV series/film "Twin Peaks"
• Laura Winslow character on TV's "Family Matters"
• Laura Spencer character on American soap "General Hospital"
• Laura character in video game Silent Hill 2
• Laura Proek character on "Fortysomething"
• Laura Hellinger character on TV series "The Good Wife"
• Laura Hollis character on the web,series, "Carmilla"
• Laura Chase character in "The Blind Assassin" by Margaret Atwood
• Laura "X 23" Kinney, character in "X,Men"
• Laura Victoriano character in the video game "The Evil Within"
• Laura Moon (nee McCabe) character in book and TV series "American Gods"
• "Tell Laura I Love Her " song by Ray Peterson
• "Laura " song by Scissor Sisters
• "Laura " song by Bat For Lashes
• Laura a character from the 3DS game "Fantasy Life"
• Laura Bow main protagonist of her eponymous Sierra adventure game series
• Laura Hardy the mother of the Hardy Boys
• Laura Vanderboom character in the Cube Escape and Rusty lake series