Laurie

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Laurie

Etymology 1

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

The surname is from the diminutive of Lawrence.^[1]

The city in Missouri was named by its residents in 1961 after L. M. and William (Buster) Laurie, who in 1937 bought a building in the area and operated the Laurie Market, because of the goodwill generated by the family store over the years.^[2]

Alternative forms

(male given name): Lawrie
(female given name): Lauri, Lori, Lorie

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɒ.ri/
- (pre-vowel /ɒr/-/ɔr/ merger) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ri/
Rhymes: -ɒri, -ɔːri

Proper noun

Laurie (countable and uncountable, plural Lauries)

A unisex given name.
1. A diminutive of the male given names Laurence or Lawrence; alternative form of Lawrie; a pet form of the male given name Laurence or Lawrence.
  - 1868, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “The Laurence Boy”, in Little Women: […], 1st part, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, published 1869, →OCLC, page 46:
    “I’m not Mr. Laurence, I’m only Laurie.”
    “Laurie Laurence; what an odd name.”
    “My first name is Theodore, but I don’t like it, for the fellows called me Dora, so I made them say Laurie instead.”
2. A diminutive of the female given name Laura; popular as a female given name in the US in the mid-twentieth century.
  - 2005, Adeline Catherine Anderson, My Sunshine, Signet Classic, →ISBN, page 397:
    Laura called her parents. Her father answered. Fighting to keep her voice steady, Laura said, "Hi, Daddy."
    "Laurie? How's my little girl?"
3. A diminutive of the female given name Lauren.
A surname transferred from the given name.
- ca. 1700 ?William Douglas: Annie Laurie:
  Maxwelton braes are bonnie
  
  Where early fa's the dew;
  
  An' it's there that Annie Laurie
  
  Gi'ed me her promise true.
A city in Morgan County and Camden County, Missouri, United States.

Etymology 2

From French Laurie, from Latin Laurum, from laurus (“laurel”).^[1]

Proper noun

Laurie

A commune in Cantal department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Laurie”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 404.
^ “Laurie’s History”, in City of Laurie, Missouri‎^[1], 2024, archived from the original on 19 February 2025.

[DAFN-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Laurie”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 404.

[2] “Laurie’s History”, in City of Laurie, Missouri‎^[1], 2024, archived from the original on 19 February 2025.

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