Laure
Laure is a name with a single cultural origin: French.
- French
Meaning & Origin of Laure
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Laure is a name with a single cultural origin: French.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Laure
The earliest SSA record of Laure as a baby girl name dates back to 1886, when 5 babies received it. 1959 was its biggest year on record, with 102 newborns named Laure — #1,054 in the national rankings. About 35% of every Laure on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Laure last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Laure
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Laure. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Laure
Laure is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1886 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Laure's peak popularity came in 1959 when it ranked #1,054. Use the chart and map above to compare Laure's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.