Given name
Lauris
Lauris is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Latvian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lauris through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 299
- 167 boys · 132 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1966. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 389 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.
Lauris’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Lauris has a conventional equivalent in the French form Laurent. In Latvian usage, Lauris has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Laurêncio. In Latvian usage, Lauris has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Lourenço.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Lauris has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lauris
- Lauris ReiniksLatvian musician, TV host and actor (born 1979)
- Lauris DārziņšLatvian ice hockey player and coachborn 1985
- Lauris StrautmanisLatvian sport shooterborn 1995
- Lauris BajarunsLatvian ice hockey playerborn 1989
- Lauris KaufmanisLatvian bobsledder and track and field athleteborn 1998
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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Luuri
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Laurendi
“man from Latium”
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Laurencjusz
“man from Latium”
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“elm”
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“to dare”
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