Lourie
Feminine · “laurel”
Lourie sits between Laurie and Lori, with an ou that gives it a Scottish look. In Scotland the same name, spelled Lowrie, was a pet form of Laurence and a nickname for the fox in the old fables.
How old is the name Lourie?
Lourie first appears in US birth records in 1918 — 107 years ago. The typical Lourie alive today was born around 1965, making them about 60 years old. About 500 people named Lourie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lourie most popular?
Lourie peaked in 1962, reaching #1732 nationally. See the whole 1962 chart.
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Where it comes from
From laurus to Lourie
The story of Lourie
Laurence was so common in medieval Scotland that its pet form, Lowrie, became the name of the fox in the beast fables, the way Reynard did in France: the Scots poet Robert Henryson calls his fox Lowrence, and lowrie long meant a fox in Scots speech. The spelling Lourie brings a further puzzle. English ou is the least predictable vowel spelling it has, saying different things in out, soup, touch, four and would, so a reader may say LOW-ree, LOO-ree or LOR-ee. Families who chose it most often meant Laurie.
Meaningscholars disagree
laurel, through Laura or Laurence
Lourie can be a spelling of Laurie and Lori, pet forms of Laura and Laurence, which go back to the laurel; or of the Scots surname Lowrie, a pet form of Laurence. Both lead to the same Latin root, but by different roads.
How the name formed
- laurus
- Laurentius / Laura
- Laurie
- Lourie
Related forms: Lowrie · Laurie · Lori
Pronouncing Lourie
LOR-ee
Most families say it like Laurie. Others say LOO-ree or LOW-ree, since the ou can be read several ways.
Nicknames for Lourie
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
- 1918
- Most girls named
- 196143 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1732reached in 1962
- Change vs 1983
- −33.3%6 in 1984, from 9
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.
Lourie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lowrie in Scots — related form
- Laurie in English — spelling variant
- Lori in English — spelling variant
Louries among us
people named Lourie 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
Lourie 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 sounds like a familiar name while looking distinctive.
- It connects to a real Scots name with a long history.
- It is rare, so she will seldom share it.
- People will write Laurie or Lori, and some will say LOO-ree.
- The ou spelling means she will often have to say how it is pronounced.
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- How many Louries are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Lourie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lourie in 2025?
- Lourie is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Lourie with classmates?
- Lourie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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