Lauri
Lauri is an Estonian and Finnish male given name. It can also be a surname.
- Finnish
- Estonian
Meaning & Origin of Lauri
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lauri is an Estonian and Finnish male given name. It can also be a surname.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Finnish
- Estonian
The Story of Lauri
The earliest SSA record of Lauri as a baby girl name dates back to 1941, when 9 babies received it. 1961 was its biggest year on record, with 718 newborns named Lauri — #355 in the national rankings. About 50% of every Lauri on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Lauri last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 11K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Lauri
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Lauri. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Lauri
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About the name Lauri
Lauri is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1941 and has accumulated 11K births in the dataset. Lauri's peak popularity came in 1961 when it ranked #355. Use the chart and map above to compare Lauri'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.