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Laura

in the US

There are 550,053 people with the first name "Laura" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

NameRank
Laura 57
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  1. is 53rd most common Cynthia
  2. is 54th most common Dennis
  3. is 55th most common Kathleen
  4. is 56th most common Eric
  5. is 57th most common Laura
  6. is 58th most common Dorothy
  7. is 59th most common Kimberly
  8. is 60th most common Amy
  9. is 61st most common Jerry

Similar Names and Nicknames

Laurie, Lauri, Laure, Lauree, Lauria, Laurey, Lauro, Laury, Laurrie, Larry

Most Common Last Names for Laura

Smith, Johnson, Brown, Williams, Miller, Jones, Davis, Garcia, Anderson, Martinez

Meaning & History

(female) Feminine form of the Late Latin male name Laurus ‘laurel’. St Laura was a 9th-century Spanish nun who met her death in a cauldron of molten lead. Laura is also the name of the woman addressed in the love poetry of the Italian poet Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304–74), and it owes much of its subsequent popularity to this. There have been various speculations about her identity, but it has not been established with any certainty. He first met her in 1327 while living in Avignon, and she died of the plague in 1348. The popularity of the given name in the English-speaking world has endured since the 19th century, when it was probably imported from Italy.

Recent Searches for "Laura" in the US

Since June 2009
185,335

Most Popular Search

Laura Smith (4,065 searches)
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