Laurine
Feminine · “laurel”
The -ine ending is the only one in this family that French actually uses. Laurene, Loreen and Laureen are all American; Laurine is the French diminutive, formed the way French forms them, and it is the only member of the set that a French speaker would recognize as a name from their own language.
How old is the name Laurine?
Laurine first appears in US birth records in 1891 — 134 years ago. The typical Laurine alive today was born around 1931, making them about 94 years old. About 900 people named Laurine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Laurine most popular?
Laurine peaked in 1907, reaching #819 nationally. See the whole 1907 chart.
Where it comes from
From laurus to Laurine
The story of Laurine
Laura has produced more endings in English than any other Latin name. The record carries Laurene, Laureen, Laurine, Laurette, Lauretta, Loretta, Lorene, Loreen, Lorena and Laurel, all descending from one five-letter word, and they arrived from four different languages: French supplied -ine and -ette, Italian -etta, Spanish -ita and America the rest. That is an unusual amount of activity around a name that never needed shortening or lengthening in the first place — Laura is already short, already clear, and already said the same way everywhere.
Meaning
laurel
From the Latin laurus by way of Laura. The ending is a genuine French diminutive rather than a decorative one.
How the name formed
- laurus
- Laura
- Laurine
Related forms: Laurine · Laurina
Pronouncing Laurine
law-REEN
Two syllables with the weight at the back. French says it the same way, which is unusual for a French name in American use.
Nicknames for Laurine
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
- 1891
- Most girls named
- 191874 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #819reached in 1907
- Change vs 1999
- +20.0%6 in 2002, 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.
Laurine in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Laurine in French — same name
- Laurina in Italian — related form
Laurines among us
people named Laurine 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
Laurine 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
- It is a genuine French name spelled as France spells it.
- It is read correctly at sight by anyone who has met its American cousins.
- The laurel behind it is a pleasant, settled meaning.
- Laurene, Laureen and Lorene are all in the record and will be written instead.
- The family is large enough that the spelling will always be asked for.
- It reads clearly as a name of the turn of the twentieth century.
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Frequently asked
- How many Laurines are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Laurine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Laurine in 2025?
- Laurine is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Laurine with classmates?
- Laurine will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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