Given name & surname
Laurien
“one who lives near the laurel trees”
Laurien is a variant of Laurian. One English interpretation is “one who lives near the laurel trees.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Laurien is a variant of Laurian. One English interpretation is “one who lives near the laurel trees.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Laurien is a variant of Laurian. An origin associated with Laurian is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1927. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Laurien through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 21
- 5 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 1983
- 6 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 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1983. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 142 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.
Laurien’s family of names
Laurien has a related form in Laurian.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Laurien
- Laurien LeurinkDutch field hockey player (1994-)
- Laurien van der GraaffSwiss female cross-country skierborn 1987
- Laurien HoosDutch heptathleteborn 1983
- Laurien VermulstDutch rowerborn 1960
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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