Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Laurita 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
Laurita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 629
- 0 boys · 629 girls
- Most popular year
- 1954
- 26 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 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 26 in 1954. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 570 as a first name in 2020; 409 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.
Laurita’s family of names
Laurita 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 Laurita
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Laurita, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% girls
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“one who is content and enjoys life”
>99% girls
Anita
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>99% girls
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“a pretty and charming girl”
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Roberta
“one who is bright with fame”
>99% girls