Given name & surname
Laure
“laurel, triumph”
Laure is a feminine given name. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Laure goes back to Latin laurus, meaning “laurel, triumph.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
In French use, Laure has a related form in Lore. Lore has been associated with Basque and English naming traditions. In French use, Laure shares an earlier linguistic root with Laura. An origin associated with Laura is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Laure through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,717
- 0 boys · 1,717 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 102 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 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 102 in 1959. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,597 as a first name in 2020; 150 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.
Laure’s family of names
In French usage, Laure has a diminutive in Laurette. Laure shares a linguistic root with Laura. In French usage, Laure has a related form in Lore.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Laure has relatives in 7 languages.
4 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Laure
- Laure ManaudouFrench swimmer (born 1986)
- LorieFrench singerborn 1982
- Laure BoulleauFrench footballer (born 1986)
- LaureSpanish footballerborn 1985
- Barbara CassinFrench philologist and philosopher (born 1947)
- Laure CalamyFrench actressborn 1974
- Laure Junot, Duchess of AbrantèsFrench writer and memoirist (1784-1838)
- Laure de Clermont-TonnerreFrench actress (born 1983)
- Laure Pequegnotalpine skierborn 1975
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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