Given name
Laureen
“crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree”
Laureen is a variant of Lauren. In French use, Lauren carries the interpretation “crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Laureen is a variant of Lauren. In French use, Lauren carries the interpretation “crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Laureen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,127
- 0 boys · 7,127 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 349 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,814 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −50%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,814 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,223 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Laureen’s family of names
Laureen has a related form in Lauren.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Laureen
- Lolo ZouaïFrench singerborn 1995
- Laureen NussbaumJewish German linguistics professor, Holocaust survivor (born 1927)
- Laureen Harperwife of Stephen Harperborn 1963
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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