Boy · Latin, through English
Larry
Say it: LAIR-ee
Meaning
A pet form of Lawrence, from Latin Laurentius 'from Laurentum'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Given as a full name in the US, it peaked in the 1940s and 1950s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1940s
In the United States
- 809,929 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1947, about 1 in 52 boys
- 267 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Larry Bird, US basketball player
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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