Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Laurell isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
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
Laurell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 391
- 10 boys · 381 girls
- Most popular year
- 1955
- 14 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 14 in 1955. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 443 as a first name in 2020; 232 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.
Laurell’s family of names
Laurell has a related form in Laura.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Laurell
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Laurell, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Maureen
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