Lawrie
Lawrie is a family name of Scottish origin which means "crafty." Variants of which include: Laurie, Lorrie, Larry, Laury, Lawry and Lowrie. It is also used as a given name, often a short form of Lawrence.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Lawrie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lawrie is a family name of Scottish origin which means "crafty." Variants of which include: Laurie, Lorrie, Larry, Laury, Lawry and Lowrie. It is also used as a given name, often a short form of Lawrence.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Lawrie
Lawrie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1951, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1962: 11 births, good for #4,009 nationwide. The 1960s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 40% of all recorded Lawries. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1982 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 131 Lawries have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Lawrie
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About the name Lawrie
Lawrie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1951 and has accumulated 131 births in the dataset. Lawrie's peak popularity came in 1962 when it ranked #4,009. Use the chart and map above to compare Lawrie'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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