Laurinda
Lorinda and Laurinda are female first names. Notable people with the names include:
- Portuguese
Meaning & Origin of Laurinda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lorinda and Laurinda are female first names. Notable people with the names include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Portuguese
The Story of Laurinda
American parents first put Laurinda on the record books as a baby girl name in 1912, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1965, when 56 Laurindas were born — ranking #1,488 that year. The 1960s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 32% of all recorded Laurindas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2001 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 1K Laurindas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Laurinda
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Laurinda. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Laurinda
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Laura Cardoso (born Laurinda de Jesus Cardoso, born 1927), Brazilian actress
- Laurinda Cardoso (born 1975), Angolan lawyer
- Lorinda Cherry (1944–2022), American computer scientist
- Lorinda de Roulet (born 1931/1932), American philanthropist
- Anna Etheridge (born Lorinda Anna Blair; 1839–1913), American Civil War nurse
- Laurinda Hope Spear (born 1950), American architect
- Laurinda Jaffe (born 1952), American biologist
- Lorinda Munson Bryant (1855–1933), American writer and educator
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Names that sound like Laurinda
Phonetically similar names — useful when Laurinda is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Laurinda
Laurinda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Laurinda's peak popularity came in 1965 when it ranked #1,488. Use the chart and map above to compare Laurinda'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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