Laurin
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the bay (Laurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin ethers of several organic acids
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/lɔːɹɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Laurin is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- SESweden1 in 19K(measured from records)
- FIFinland1 in 59K
- CZCzechia1 in 84K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 130 (measured from records)
- 1 in 19K (inferred from the name graph)
1,303 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Sweden
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
either the dwarf king Laurin, or from Laurentius; also a Prussian name.
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
How Laurin is read(measured from records)
Laurin is one spelling over 3 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.
- English56%
A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the bay (Laurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin ethers of several organic acids.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- French25%
Possibly also an Americanized spelling of Slovenian Lavrin, derivative of the personal name Lavrencij, Latin Laurentius (see Lawrence).
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
2. It may also be a reduced and altered form of Scottish McLaren.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
- Spanish10%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Laurin in Spanish.
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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Laurin 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 1,303 | 1 in 255K | 1.5K | Laurin | 53 |
| SE Sweden | 530 | 1 in 19K | 530 | Laurin | 8 |
| AR Argentina | 459 | 1 in 99K | 459 | — | 1 |
| CZ Czechia | 127 | 1 in 84K | 127 | — | — |
| FI Finland | 94 | 1 in 59K | 94 | — | 1 |
1,303 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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 — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); MVČR — living population register 2017; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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)
Laurin is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, either the dwarf king Laurin, or from Laurentius; also a Prussian name.
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Laurentius; auch volkstümlich zum Zwergenkönig Laurin aus der Dietrichsage gestellt.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, from the heroic name Laurin
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
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)
- Václav Laurinb. 1865CZCzech entrepreneur (1865–1930)
- Arne Laurinb. 1889CZjournalist
- Arvid Laurinb. 1901SEsailor (1901–1998)
- Camille Laurinb. 1922CACanadian politician (1922-1999)
- Dan Laurinb. 1960SESwedish musician (born 1960)
- Rachel Laurinb. 1961CACanadian organist (1961–2023)
- Christian Laurinb. 1964CACanadian actor
- Michel Laurinb. 1965CACanadian paleontologist and phylogenetic taxonomist
- Althéa Laurinb. 2001FRFrench taekwondoin
- Guillaume LaurinCAperforming artist in Canada
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 58 sources across 31 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.4K | #19,386 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.4K | #18,755 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.3K | #20,394 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 530 | #1,791 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 459 | — |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 127 | #13,444 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 127 | #6,934 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 94 | #13,369 |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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
- Where does the name Laurin come from?
- either the dwarf king Laurin, or from Laurentius; also a Prussian name. Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Laurin?
- A machine transcription gives /lɔːɹɪn/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Laurin mean?
- In English, A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the bay (Laurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin ethers of several organic acids.
- In which country does Laurin have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 1.3 thousand people named Laurin, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled laurin.
- Where is Laurin most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Laurin is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 19 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Laurin?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,303 people named Laurin in 2010, about 1 in 255 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/laurinThe 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, “Laurin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.