Laurie

What Laurie means

Means “laurel”

The given names are clippings of Laurence, Lawrence, Laura, or Lauren +‎ -ie, all ultimately from Latin laurus (“laurel”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Laurie” (revision 92174800), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Laurie?

England & Wales: Rising: up from #1095 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1893, when 9 boys got the name (#705 that year). First in the US records in 1886.

How common

• About 1 in 2,428 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,182 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

US vs UK

Laurie is #372 in England & Wales. It is not in the US list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Laurie were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Lawrie0 US · 4 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Lawrie
• Lauri
• Lori
• Lorie

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Laurie

Boys

• Charles#48“free man”^*
• Vincent#107“conquering”^*
• James#6“May He Heel”^*
• George#126“farmer, earth worker”^*
• Derek#284Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1989, with 8,365 babies; 1,191 in 2025
• Adam#101“earth, man, soil, light brown”^*

For a sister

• Amy#257“beloved”^*
• Elizabeth#17“my God is an oath”^*
• Ashley#164“ash tree + wood, clearing”^*
• Sara#198Variant of Sarah, meaning “masters, princes”^*
• Mary#125Same root as Miriam, possibly meaning “bitter”^*
• Andrea#235Feminine form of Andreas, meaning “manly”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Laurie’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.