Laura

See also laura

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• Lora (rare)

Etymology

From Late Latin saint's name Laura, from the feminine form of laurus (“laurel tree”). A post-classical name made famous by Petrarch's sonnets to Laura in the fourteenth century.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːrə

Proper noun

Laura

1. A female given name.
   • ~1591 William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet: Act II, Scene IV:

     Now is he for the numbers that Petrarch flowed in; Laura to his lady was but a kitchen-wench; marry, she had a better love to be-rime her;

   • 1960 Peter S. Beagle: A Fine And Private Place. Random House Publishing, 1982:The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle. ISBN 0345300815 page 258:

     Laura was saying something. A mellifluous name, he thought. I wish she were far away, so I could call her.

Usage notes

• Also used as a feminine equivalent of Laurence.

Related terms

• Laurel, Lauren, Laurie, Loretta, Lori, Lorraine,Lauretta

Translations

female given name

• Catalan: Laura (ca)
• Danish: Laura (da)
• Dutch: Laura (nl)
• Estonian: Laura (et)
• Finnish: Laura (fi)
• French: Laura (fr), Laure (fr)
• German: Laura (de)
• Greek: Λαύρα [ˈlav.ra] f, Λάουρα [ˈla.u.ra]
• Hebrew: לורה (he) (lóra) f, לאורה (he) (láura) f
• Hungarian: Laura (hu)

• Italian: Laura (it)
• Japanese: ローラ (ja) (Rōra)
• Latin: Laura (la)
• Latvian: Laura (lv) f
• Norwegian: Laura (no)
• Portuguese: Laura (pt) f
• Romanian: Laura (ro)
• Spanish: Laura (es)
• Swedish: Laura (sv)

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Czech

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Etymology

From Latin Laura.

Proper noun

Laura f

1. A female given name.

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin Laura.

Proper noun

Laura

1. A female given name.

References

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 21 161 females with the given name Laura have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

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Estonian

Etymology

From Latin Laura.

Proper noun

Laura

1. A female given name.

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Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Laura.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈlɑurɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑurɑ
• Hyphenation: Lau‧ra

Proper noun

Laura

1. A female given name.

Declension

Declension of Laura (type kala) singular plural nominative Laura Laurat genitive Lauran Laurojen Laurain1 partitive Lauraa Lauroja accusative Laura Lauran Laurat inessive Laurassa Lauroissa elative Laurasta Lauroista illative Lauraan Lauroihin adessive Lauralla Lauroilla ablative Lauralta Lauroilta allative Lauralle Lauroille essive Laurana Lauroina translative Lauraksi Lauroiksi instructive – Lauroin abessive Lauratta Lauroitta comitative – Lauroineen 1) Rare.

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French

Etymology

From Latin Laura. A Latinate variant of Laure.

Proper noun

Laura

1. A female given name.

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German

Etymology

From Latin Laura.

Proper noun

Laura

1. A female given name.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin Laura.

Proper noun

Laura f

1. A female given name.

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Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1819. From Latin Laura.

Proper noun

Laura f

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Lauris

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
• [2] Population Register of Latvia: Laura was the only given name of 8301 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Latin Laura.

Proper noun

Laura

1. A female given name.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Laura.

Proper noun

Laura (f)

1. A female given name.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin Laura. First recorded in Sweden in 1737.

Proper noun

Laura

1. A female given name.