Laurie
English
Alternative forms
- (male given name): Lawrie
- (female given name): Lauri, Lori, Lorie
Proper noun
Laurie (countable and uncountable, plural Lauries)
- A unisex given name
- A diminutive of the male given name Laurence; alternative form of Lawrie; a pet form of the male given name Laurence.
- 1868 Louisa May Alcott: Little Women. Chapter 3:
- "I’m not Mr. Laurence, I’m only Laurie."
- "Laurie Laurence, what an odd name."
- "My first name is Theodore, but I don’t like it, for the fellows called me Dora, so I made them say Laurie instead."
- 1868 Louisa May Alcott: Little Women. Chapter 3:
- A female given name
- Diminutive of Laura. Popular as a female given name in the US in the mid-twentieth century.
- 2005, Adeline Catherine Anderson, My Sunshine, Signet Classic, →ISBN, page 397:
- Laura called her parents. Her father answered. Fighting to keep her voice steady, Laura said, "Hi, Daddy."
"Laurie? How's my little girl?"
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- Diminutive of Lauren
- Diminutive of Laura. Popular as a female given name in the US in the mid-twentieth century.
- A diminutive of the male given name Laurence; alternative form of Lawrie; a pet form of the male given name Laurence.
- A surname transferred from the given name.
- ca. 1700 ?William Douglas: Annie Laurie:
- Maxwelton braes are bonnie
- Where early fa's the dew;
- An' it's there that Annie Laurie
- Gi'ed me her promise true.
- ca. 1700 ?William Douglas: Annie Laurie:
- A commune in Cantal department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
- A village in Morgan County and Camden County, Missouri, United States.