Laura

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[edit] English

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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.

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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.

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  • Also used as a feminine equivalent of Laurence.

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[edit] Czech

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From Latin Laura.

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Laura f.

  1. A female given name.

[edit] Danish

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From Latin Laura.

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Laura

  1. A female given name.

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  • [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.

[edit] Estonian

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From Latin Laura.

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Laura

  1. A female given name.

[edit] Finnish

[edit] Etymology

From Latin Laura.

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

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Laura

  1. A female given name.

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[edit] French

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From Latin Laura. A Latinate variant of Laure.

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Laura

  1. A female given name.

[edit] German

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From Latin Laura.

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Laura

  1. A female given name.

[edit] Italian

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From Latin Laura.

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Laura f.

  1. A female given name.

[edit] Latvian

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

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Laura f.

  1. A female given name.

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  • 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.

[edit] Norwegian

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From Latin Laura.

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Laura

  1. A female given name.

[edit] Spanish

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From Latin Laura.

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Laura (f)

  1. A female given name.

[edit] Swedish

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From Latin Laura. First recorded in Sweden in 1737.

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Laura

  1. A female given name.
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