Laureano
Laureano is a male name and a surname, both deriving from Latin: Laurentius, meaning "laurelled". Alternate spelling include Laurean and Laurian.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Laureano
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Laureano is a male name and a surname, both deriving from Latin: Laurentius, meaning "laurelled". Alternate spelling include Laurean and Laurian.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Laureano
Laureano first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1930, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1975: 9 births, good for #3,659 nationwide. About 29% of every Laureano on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Laureano last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 143 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
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About the name Laureano
Laureano is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1930 and has accumulated 143 births in the dataset. Laureano's peak popularity came in 1975 when it ranked #3,659. Use the chart and map above to compare Laureano'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 .
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