Lauren

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Lauren

Say it: LOR-un

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Meaning

A feminine form of Laurence, from Latin Laurentius 'from Laurentum', a town near Rome.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Made known by actress Lauren Bacall (a stage name) in the 1940s, it peaked in the US in the late 1980s and 1990s.

Its wave through time

A fashion of the 1980s

In the United States

476,817 babies given this name since 1884
At its height in 1989, about 1 in 88 girls
1,269 babies in 2020

Through the ages

The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

American English

The family of the name

Other spellings: Loren, Lauryn

French	Laurence
Spanish	Lorena

Famous bearers

Lauren Bacall, US actress

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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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