Laurie
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: Diminutive of Laurence; found as Laurie in 1655. Variant form of Lawrie/Lowry
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/lɒɹi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Laurie is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Canada it is the 63rd most common given name.
- CZCzechia1 in 1.8M(measured from records)
- CACanada≈1 in 803as Lori
- IEIreland≈1 in 863as Lori
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Laurie itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #209 (measured from records)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 579 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,300,000 named Lori, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Lori in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 3 more and Lorri in FR France.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Diminutive of Laurence; found as Laurie in 1655. Variant form of Lawrie/Lowry.
Sources 1
- Scottish Surnames
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
How Laurie is read(measured from records)
Laurie is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English79%
Diminutive of Laurence; found as Laurie in 1655. Variant form of Lawrie/Lowry.
as a nameScottish Surnames
From the laurel tree; crowned with laurel
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Little Lawrence.
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- French5.6%
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Laurie, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Laurie counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈1,300,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | — | Lori | 35 |
| US United States | #84 | 299,419as Lori | 1 in 1.1K | 299K | Lori | 579 |
| GB United Kingdom | #176 | ≈48,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | 1.6K | Lori | 247 |
| CA Canada | #63 | ≈47,000 est. | ≈1 in 803 | 29 | Lori | 287 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈42,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.4K | — | Laurie | 43 |
| FR France | — | ≈35,000 est. | ≈1 in 2K | 30K | Lorri | 19 |
| IE Ireland | #81 | ≈6,000 est. | ≈1 in 863 | 99 | Lori | 85 |
| NZ New Zealand | #213 | ≈4,600 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | 40 | Laurie | 96 |
| CZ Czechia | #205 | 6 | 1 in 1.8M | 9 | Lori | 14 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); MVČR — living population register 2017. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Laurie is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
habitational name from a place in Cantal, derived from Latin laurus ‘laurel’, with the suffix -ea.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Laurie Mainb. 1922AUAustralian actor (1922-2012)
- Laurie Andersonb. 1947USAmerican artist and musician (born 1947)
- Laurie MacDonaldb. 1953USAmerican film producer
- Laurie Davidb. 1958USAmerican activist
- Laurie Holdenb. 1969USAmerican-Canadian actress
- Lol Crawleyb. 1974GBnot in their usual nameEnglish cinematographer
- Laurie Pennyb. 1986GBEnglish journalist, columnist and author
- Laurie Nunnb. 1986GBEnglish screenwriter and playwright
- Adeleb. 1988GBnot in their usual nameEnglish singer-songwriter (born 1988)
- Laurie Hernandezb. 2000USAmerican artistic gymnast
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 88 sources across 48 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 144K | #390 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 30K | #2,864 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 730 | #390 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 60 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2024 | 58 | — |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 1958 | 12 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 11 | #330 |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 1979 | 10 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 1992 | 6 | — |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 6 | #8,575 |
| CA Canada | Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender | 2024 | 1 | #2,319 |
| CA Canada | Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender | 2022 | 1 | #2,258 |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Laurie?
- In the etymology graph, Larry, Lori and Lorenzo are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Laura and Lora.
- Is Laurie a male or female name?
- Laurie is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Laurie mean, and where does it come from?
- Diminutive of Laurence; found as Laurie in 1655. Variant form of Lawrie/Lowry. Recorded by Scottish Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Laurie?
- A machine transcription gives /lɒɹi/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Laurie have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.3 million people named Lori in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Laurie?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 6 people named Laurie, about 1 in 1.8 million residents.
- How common is Laurie compared with other names?
- In Canada, Laurie is the 63rd most common given name of 188,338 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/laurieThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Laurie” — the 63rd most common given name in Canada. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.