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Meaning & Origins
19th-century coinage from the vocabulary word for the tree (Middle English lorel, a dissimilated form of Old French lorer). However, Laurel is also recorded in the 16th and 17th centuries, when it was probably a pet form of Laura.
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Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Néill, a patronymic from the personal name Niall (genitive Néill), thought to mean ‘champion’ (see Neill). In Scotland MacNeills are associated with Barra and Gigha in the Hebrides; some of them went to Antrim and Derry in Ireland.
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Nicknames & variations
Laurell, Laurelle, Lauralee, Laurella, Laural, Laurelee, Lauralie, Lauriel, Lauryl, Laurle
Mcneal, Mcneill, Mcneely, Mcnew, Mcneese, Mcnerney, Mcnealy, Mcnett, Mcnear, Mcneilly
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