Given name & surname
Laurette
“crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree”
Laurette is a variant of Loretta. In Italian use, Loretta carries the interpretation “crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Laurette is a variant of Loretta. In Italian use, Loretta carries the interpretation “crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Laurette is a form of Lauretta. Lauretta comes from Italian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In French usage, Laurette is a diminutive of Laure.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1890. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Laurette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,106
- 0 boys · 3,106 girls
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 85 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 8 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 85 in 1956. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,097 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.
Laurette’s family of names
In French usage, Laurette is a diminutive of Laure. Laurette shares a linguistic root with Lauretta. Laurette has a related form in Laura.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
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 Laurette
- Laurette TaylorAmerican stage and silent film actress (1884–1946)1883–1946
- Laurette OnkelinxBelgian politicianborn 1958
- Laurette Luezactress (1928-1999)
- Laurette Spang-McCookAmerican actressborn 1951
- Laurette SéjournéFrench-Mexican scholar in ancient American cultures (1911-2003)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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