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Girl · Latin, through French
Laurette
Say it: loh-RET
Meaning
A French diminutive of Laure, from Latin laurus 'laurel'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Popular in Quebec in the 1920s to 1940s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1900s
In the United States
- 3,106 babies given this name since 1890
- At its height in 1904, about 1 in 13,800 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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