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Lauri

Boy · LORR-ee · Latin

Lauri is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “from Laurentum, or laurel”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).

What does Lauri mean?

Latin: spelling of Laurie; pet form of Laurence or Laura

“from Laurentum, or laurel”

A pet form of Laurence and of Laura; Laurie Lee wrote the classic memoir Cider with Rosie.

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Meaning borrowed from Laurie. More on Wiktionary.

Is Lauri a girl's or a boy's name?

Lauri is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Lauri in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 1 boys.

2005Busiest: 1 in 20052023
Lauri in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20231#6,556
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20051#5,109

How popular is Lauri in the US?

Rank in 2025
#11,928among girls
Babies in 2025
7about 1 in 230,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Lauri, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1961, with 717 girls. It first appears in the records in 1941.

Half of all the girls named Lauri in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 1970, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 75 girls in the US were given Lauri or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,054, up from #11,928 for this spelling alone.

1941Busiest: 717 in 19612025
Lauri in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20257#11,928
20240–
20230–
20227#12,237
20215#15,246
20205#15,083
20190–
20180–
20170–
20167#12,871
20150–
20140–
20136#14,577
20126#14,956
20117#13,339
20105#16,985
20095#17,288
20087#13,827
20070–
20065#17,163
20055#16,455
20040–
20030–
20026#13,589
20015#15,345
20008#10,738
19996#12,681
19985#14,116
19977#10,831
199610#8,127
19958#9,548
19948#9,580
199317#5,413
199213#6,645
199128#3,716
199034#3,222
198927#3,667
198827#3,478
198742#2,432
198638#2,563
198549#2,136
198447#2,110
198356#1,857
198272#1,608
198175#1,568
1980105#1,244
197995#1,314
1978120#1,087
1977126#1,045
1976136#939
1975178#788
1974181#768
1973234#642
1972281#581
1971350#524
1970394#502
1969407#478
1968366#508
1967450#445
1966470#433
1965509#414
1964626#384
1963631#384
1962679#362
1961717#355
1960706#364
1959539#405
1958431#460
1957390#482
1956326#520
1955206#651
1954189#676
1953147#751
1952115#856
195187#1,003
195048#1,323
194940#1,451
194823#2,007
194736#1,575
194622#1,969
194513#2,457
19449#3,138
19437#3,800
19420–
19419#3,028

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