Given name & surname
Lauda
“one who is praised”
Lauda is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “one who is praised.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “one who is praised.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lauda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1910
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1910. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 175 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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