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Meaning & Origins
Apparently modelled on Laurence, this was first used, or at any rate first brought to public attention, by the film actress Lauren Bacall (b. 1924 as Betty Jean Perske), famous for her partnership with Humphrey Bogart. They appeared together in several films, notably To Have and Have Not (1943) and The Big Sleep (1946). The name was extremely popular throughout the 1990s. See also Loren.
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English, Scottish, and northern Irish: distinguishing name (Middle English yunge, yonge ‘young’), for the younger of two bearers of the same personal name, usually distinguishing a younger brother or a son. In Middle English this name is often found with the Anglo-Norman French definite article, for example Robert le Yunge.
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Nicknames & variations
Laureen, Laurene, Laurena, Laurine, Laurin, Lauryn, Lauran, Lauraine, Laurianne, Laurina
Youngblood, Younger, Yount, Youngs, Yeung, Youngman, Youngberg, Younce, Younker, Youngquist
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