Lauran
Feminine · “from Laurentum”
Lauran writes the ending with an a and joins a different set of names by doing it. With an e it belongs with Karen, Sharon and Doreen; with an a it lands among Susan, Megan and Vivian. Nothing audible changes, because the vowel in that syllable is reduced almost to nothing, and the two spellings are identical in the mouth and different on the page.
How old is the name Lauran?
Lauran first appears in US birth records in 1945 — 80 years ago. The typical Lauran alive today was born around 1989, making them about 36 years old. About 1,400 people named Lauran are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lauran most popular?
Lauran peaked in 1989, reaching #1898 nationally. See the whole 1989 chart.
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Where it comes from
From A Latin name meaning from Laurentum to Lauran
The story of Lauran
The name crossed sexes only in America. In Scandinavia and in Denmark particularly, Lauren and its relatives remain men's names, descending directly from the Latin form and used without any sense of ambiguity; in the English-speaking world the feminine forms of the same root became so dominant in the twentieth century that the masculine ones effectively disappeared. That is a common pattern and it runs one way: once a name is heard as feminine it very rarely goes back. What is unusual here is the speed. The crossing happened inside about two decades in the middle of the century, which is fast even by the standards of names that change sex, and the American record shows the two uses overlapping for only a short period before the men's version stops.
Meaning
from Laurentum
The base name means a person from a particular Italian town, and the laurel that everybody reaches for is one step further back, in the town's own name. So the plant is at two removes and should not be given as the meaning. The respelled ending contributes nothing beyond the company the name keeps on paper.
How the name formed
- A Latin name meaning from Laurentum
- Laurence and Lauren across Europe
- Crossing to women in America inside two decades
- Lauran, with the ending respelled
Related forms: Laure · Laura · Lauren
Pronouncing Lauran
LOR-un
Two syllables, stress on the first, with the second reduced almost to nothing. That reduction is exactly why the vowel there can be written as an a or an e without changing what anybody hears.
Nicknames for Lauran
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1945
- Most girls named
- 198969 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1898reached in 1989
- Change vs 2016
- 0.0%5 in 2020, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lauran in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Laure in French — related form
- Laura in Italian — related form
- Lauren in Danish — related form
Laurans among us
people named Lauran are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Lauran sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The sound is universally familiar and needs no explaining.
- Lo and Laurie are two very different short forms and both are usable.
- It carries a genuine Latin ancestry rather than an invented one.
- Lauren is the standard spelling and this one will be corrected into it constantly.
- In Scandinavia the name is masculine, which a family that travels will meet.
- The respelled vowel is inaudible, so the spelling has to be given every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Laurans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Lauran are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lauran in 2025?
- Lauran is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Lauran with classmates?
- Lauran will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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