Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Laur is a form of Lauri. Lauri comes from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Laur through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 0 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 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 1986. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 227 as a first name in 2020; 804 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.
Laur’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Laur has a related form in Laurence. In Estonian usage, Laur has a related form in Lauri. In English usage, Laur as a surname has a related form in LAURY.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Laur has relatives in 3 languages.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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