Laura

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Pronounced： [ LAWR-ə (English), LOW-rah (Spanish, Italian, Finnish, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch), LAW-oo-raw (Hungarian) ]
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Usage：English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene, Croa

Meaning & History：

Feminine form of the Late Latin name Laurus, which meant "laurel". This meaning was favourable, since in ancient Rome the leaves of laurel trees were used to create victors' garlands. The name was borne by the 9th-century Spanish martyr Saint Laura, who was a nun thrown into a vat of molten lead by the Moors. It was also the name of the subject of poems by the 14th-century Italian poet Petrarch.... [more]

Names related to Laura：

EQUIVALENTS

CATALAN: Llora

CROATIAN: Laura

DANISH: Laura

DUTCH: Laura

ENGLISH: Laura, Laurinda, Lora, Loreen, Lorene, Loretta, Lorinda

ESTONIAN: Laura

FINNISH: Laura

FRENCH: Laure

GERMAN: Laura

HUNGARIAN: Laura

ICELANDIC: Lára

ITALIAN: Laura, Lora

LATE ROMAN: Laura

NORWEGIAN: Laura

POLISH: Laura

PORTUGUESE: Laura

ROMANIAN: Laura

SLOVENE: Laura, Lavra

SPANISH: Laura

SWEDISH: Laura

WELSH: Lowri

DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS

DUTCH: Laurie

ENGLISH: Laureen, Laurene, Lauressa, Laurie, Laurissa, Lori, Lorie, Lorri, Lorrie

FRENCH: Laurette, Laurine, Lorette

ITALIAN: Lauretta, Loretta, Lorita

SPANISH: Laurita

MASCULINE FORMS

ITALIAN: Lauro

LATE ROMAN: Laurus

OTHER FORMS

ENGLISH: Lauraine