Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Lauria 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 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lauria through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 327
- 0 boys · 327 girls
- Most popular year
- 1968
- 18 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 7 in 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18 in 1968. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 377 as a first name in 2020; 2,290 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.
Lauria’s family of names
In English usage, Lauria as a surname has a related form in Loria.
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.
Similar names
If you love Lauria, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% girls
Annamaria
“filled with bitter grace”
>99% girls
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>99% girls
Alesia
“noble” · “kind”
>99% girls
Arcelia
“from the altar of heaven”
>99% girls
Lainie
“one who takes the narrow path”
>99% girls