Given name & surname
Lavra
Lavra is a feminine given name. It is used in Slovene.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Lavra 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 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lavra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 140
- 0 boys · 140 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 13 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 6 in 1990. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lavra’s family of names
Lavra has a related form in Laura. In Slovenian usage, Lavra has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Laura.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lavra has relatives in 3 languages.
1 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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Dara
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