What Does the Name Laura Stand for

Laura
Origin
Laurel wreaths are traditionally a symbol of honor and victory.
Pronunciation	LOR-ə; Italian: [ˈlaura]
Gender	Female
Name day	April 18, October 19
Word/name	Italy
Meaning	Laurus nobilis
Region of origin	Latin Europe
Other names
Related names	Lauraina, Lauraine, Laure, Lauren, Lauranna, Lauriana (or Laurianna), Laurie, Lori, Laurel, Laurielle, Lara, Lora, Larissa, Laurissa, Laureen Laurentius
Laura de Noves, the subject of love poetry by Petrarch

Laura is a traditionally feminine given name in Europe and the Americas, of Latin origin, whose meaning ("bay laurel") is a metonym for a victor, and an early hypocorism from Laurel and Lauren.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Origin and usage [edit]

The name Laura is the feminized form of laurus, Latin for "bay laurel plant", which in the Greco-Roman era was used as a symbol of victory, honor or fame. The name represents the embodiment of victory and strength. The name Daphne, derived from Ancient Greek, carries the same meaning.

Popularity [edit]

In British North America, it is very likely that the name Laura was extremely popular for female newborns until its rapid decline starting in the late 19th century. The name Laura was among the top 40 names for female newborns for much of the late 19th century in the United States until it dropped off the chart in 1899 at #43. The overall highest known rank for the name Laura in the 19th century was #17 in the years 1880 and 1882 with the male name Samuel. Running up, the name Laura in the 19th century was #19 in 1881 and 1883 with the male name Louis. The name Laura was among the top 50 names for female newborns for much of the early 20th century in the United States, but dropped to the top 100–120 by the 1930s–40s, then rebounded to the top 20 in 1984–1986, and has since steadily decreased in popularity. The overall highest known rank for the name Laura in the 20th century is #10 in 1969 with the male name Richard. The latest highest known rank for the name Laura in the 20th century is #14 in 1985 with the male name Jason. The name Laura was the most rare in the years 1887, 1888, 1890, 1891, 1893, 1897, 1898, 1905, 1963, and 1968.

In Europe, the name Laura remains as popular as it was in the past. In the early 21st century in the late 2000s, it ranked within the top 10 in countries such as Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Greenland, Luxembourg, Spain, and Switzerland.^[4]

The name is occasionally confused or conjoined with the name Lara (pronounced La-ra) which is a totally different name and is listed separately on name popularity lists.

Variants [edit]

Lára: Icelandic
Lara: Turkish
Laoura (Λάουρα): Greek
Laura: Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish
Laure: French
Lavra: Slovene
Lora: English, Bulgarian
Lorna: English
Lowri: Welsh^[5]

List of people with the name [edit]

Religion [edit]

Saint Laura, Spanish martyr

Academics [edit]

Laura Poantă, professor at Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Laura Wright, professor at Western Carolina University
Laura Waller, professor at University of California, Berkeley of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Artists [edit]

Laura Rodig (1901-1972) Chilean painter, sculptor, illustrator, educator

Celebrities [edit]

Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer
Laura Biagiotti, Italian fashion designer
Laura Calder, Canadian chef and host of program French Food at Home, from Food Network Canada
Laura Deming, American businesswoman
Laura Lang, American businesswoman
Laura Mercier, French make-up artist in the cosmetics business
Laura Neri, Italian-Greek director
Laura de Noves, noblewoman and the subject of love poetry by Petrarch
Laura Schlessinger, American radio talk show host known as Dr. Laura
Laura Schwartz, American political commentator
Laura Secord, Canadian heroine in the War of 1812

Entertainers [edit]

L'Aura, Italian singer
Laura Allen, American actress
Laura Bailey (model), English model
Laura Bailey (voice actress), American voice actress
Laura Benanti, American actress
Laura Bertram, Canadian actress
Laura Birn, Finnish actress
Laura Branigan, American singer
Laura Breckenridge, American actress
Laura Bryan Birn, American actress
Laura Bryna, American country music singer
Laura Bell Bundy, American actress
Laura Carmichael, English actress
Laura Christensen, Danish actress
Laura Connor, British ballet dancer
Laura Dern, American actress
Laura Dickinson, American actress
Laura Donnelly, British actress
Laura Fygi, Dutch singer
Laura Gemser, Indonesian-Dutch actress
Laura Gómez (actress), American actress
Laura Harring, Mexican-American actress
Laura Hope Crews, American actress
Laura Innes, American actress
Laura Izibor, Irish musician
Laura Jane Grace, American singer for the band Against Me!
Laura Johnson, American actress
Laura Kightlinger, American actress
Laura Linney, American actress
Laura MacFarlane, Scottish musician, singer and songwriter
Laura Macrì, Italian singer
Laura Main, Scottish actress
Laura Malmivaara, Finnish actress
Laura Marano, American actress and singer
Laura Marling, English singer
Laura Mennell, Canadian actress
Laura Morante, Italian actress
Laura Neiva, Brazilian actress
Laura Nyro, American singer-songwriter
Laura Okmin, American sportscaster and NFL on Fox sideline reporter
Laura Omloop, Belgian singer, yodeler and Junior Eurovision representative
Laura Osnes, American actress
Laura Pausini, Italian singer-songwriter
Laura Põldvere, Estonian singer
Laura Prepon, American actress, That '70s Show
Laura Ramsey, American actress
Laura Regan, Canadian actress
Laura Rutledge, American Beauty pageant titleholder, American sportscaster and ESPN College Football sideline reporter
Laura San Giacomo, American actress
Laura Sánchez (model), Spanish model
Laura Shigihara, Music composer
Laura Spencer (actress) (born 1986), American actress
Laura Stoica, Romanian singer and actress
Laura Vandervoort, Canadian actress
Laura Veirs, American singer-songwriter
Laura Whitmore, Irish presenter
Laura Wright, American actress

Law [edit]

Laura Codruţa Kövesi, former Prosecutor-General of Romania
Laura E. Gómez, law professor of University of New Mexico
Laura Wasser, American attorney

Politics [edit]

Laura Baird, American politician
Laura Boldrini, Italian politician
Laura Borràs, Catalan politician
Laura Bromet, Dutch politician
Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States from January 20, 2001 to January 20, 2009
Laura Chinchilla, 49th President of Costa Rica
Laura Clay, American suffragist
Laura Garza, American politician
Laura Garza Galindo, Mexican politician
Laura Grimond, British politician
Laura Kelly, 48th governor of Kansas
Laura Loomer, American activist
Laura Miller, 58th Mayor of Dallas (2002–2007)
Laura Moffatt, British MP (1997–2010)
Laura Pidcock, British MP (2017–2019)
Laura Pollán, Cuban dissident
Laura Sandys, British MP (2010–2015)
Laura Smith, British MP (2017–2019)
Laura Trott, British MP (2019–present)
Laura Vilagrà (born 1976), Catalan politician

Science and technology [edit]

Laura Ahtime, statistician from the Seychelles
Laura Bassi, 18th century physicist

Sports [edit]

Laura Benkarth, German footballer and goalkeeper
Laura Berg, American head college softball coach
Laura Brown (cyclist), Canadian cyclist
Laura Brown (golfer), American golfer
Laura Dahlmeier, German biathlete
Laura Davies, English golfer
Laura Davies (bodybuilder), Canadian bodybuilder
Laura Davis (swimmer), American female medley swimmer
Laura Davis (volleyball), American volleyball player
Laura Douglas (athlete), Welsh hammer thrower
Laura Gil, Spanish basketball player
Laura Gómez (judoka), Spanish judoka
Laura Hodges, Australian professional basketball player
Laura Nicholls (basketball), Spanish basketball player
Laura Nicholls (swimmer), Canadian former competition swimmer
Laura Robson, British tennis player
Laura Sánchez (diver), Mexican diver
Laura Sánchez (swimmer), Mexican swimmer
Laura Siegemund, German tennis player
Laura Stockdale, English footballer
Laura Taylor (born 1999), Australian swimmer
Laura Zeng, American rhythmic gymnast
Laura del Colle, Argentine floor hockey player

Writers and journalists [edit]

Laura Brown (fashion journalist), American fashion journalist
Laura J. Burns, American author
Laura Eldridge, American women's health writer and activist
LauraMaery Gold, American author
Laura Goode, American novelist
Laura Hillman (b.1923), German-born American memoirist, Holocaust survivor and "Schindler Jew"
Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author of Little House on the Prairie
Laura M. Johns (1849–1935), American suffragist and journalist
Laura Kuenssberg, BBC political correspondent
Laura Ling, American journalist
Laura Mestre Hevia (1867–1944), Cuban translator, humanist and writer
Laura Miller (journalist), Scottish broadcast journalist
Laura Miller (writer), American author
Laura Resnick, American writer
Laura Villanueva Rocabado (pseudonym, Hilda Mundy; 1912-1980), Bolivian writer, poet, journalist
Laura Thompson, CBC News anchor

Fictional characters [edit]

Laura, an anesthesiologist from the television series In Treatment
Laura Harris, the protagonist of the video game D
Laura Lewis, the protagonist of the video game Enemy Zero
Laura, a young girl in the Silent Hill video game franchise
Laura Parton, the protagonist of the video game D2
Laura, a female lead character in Brick
Laura, a main character in the Sheridan Le Fanu 1871 novel Carmilla and its adaptations, including the webseries of the same name
Laura Alden, a character in Wolf
Laura Bristow, an alias for Irina Derevko, the mother of Sydney Bristow on the television series Alias
Laura Carrot, a character in VeggieTales
Laura Diamond, protagonist of the television series The Mysteries of Laura
Laura Hardy (Hardy Boys), mother from the Hardy Boys series of books
Laura Haruna (aka Hiroko), a character from the anime series Hamtaro
Laura Horton, a former character on the soap opera Days of Our Lives
Laura Hunt, the protagonist of Otto Preminger's Laura (1944 film).
Laura Kinney, also known as X-23, a Marvel Comics character
Laura Palmer, from the television series Twin Peaks
Laura Parker, an English model in Sarra Manning's Fashionistas book series.
Laura Petrie, a character from the American sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show, played by Mary Tyler Moore
Laura Roslin, from the reimagined television series Battlestar Galactica
Laura Spencer, a character on the soap opera General Hospital
Laura Winslow, a character from the American sitcom Family Matters
Laura Gauthier, a recurring character from the popular incomplete French TV series, Code Lyoko: Evolution.
Laure Berthaud, main character of French crime series Engrenages
Laura Matsuda, a character from the Street Fighter V
Laura Sorkin, a scientist from the Telltale Games video game Jurassic Park: The Game

Things [edit]

Laura potato

Name days [edit]

January 15: Sweden
January 18: Estonia, Finland
January 22: France
April 18: Latvia
June 1: Czech Republic
June 5: Slovakia, Slovenia
June 17: Hungary, Lithuania, Poland
August 10: Austria, Germany
October 19: Lithuania, Italy, Spain, England

References [edit]

^ Albaigès, Josep M.; Olivart, J. M. A. (1993). Diccionario de nombres de personas (in Spanish). Universitat de Barcelona. p. 156. ISBN978-84-475-0264-6 . Retrieved 15 September 2018.
^ "Popular Baby Names". www.ssa.gov.
^ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Laura". Behind the Name.
^ List of most popular given names
^ "Welsh Government: Popular Welsh names for girls". Retrieved 13 June 2019.

External links [edit]

Works related to Laura at Wikisource

What Does the Name Laura Stand for

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_%28given_name%29