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Laura the name meaning. I LOVE YOU 3000. The classic name Laura has a wonderfully simple quality. What Does Laura Mean and History.

Laura Bush and Laura Carmichael. Top girls names Top boys names Baby names by region Names by origin A to Z of. Old name with many variants.

From the Late Latin laura from Ancient Greek λαύρα laúra lane path. The source of this name is laurus a Latin word meaning the bay -- or laurel -- plant The name is used in German Dutch English Italian French Spanish Finnish Polish and Czech. Besides Lara is a name from Greek mythology.

A post-classical name made famous by Petrarchs sonnets to Laura in the fourteenth century. The laurel tree or sweet bay tree symbolic of honor and victory. Laura is a girls name of Latin origin meaning bay laurel.

Feminine form of the Late Latin name Laurus which meant laurel. The name was borne by the 9th-century Spanish martyr Saint Laura who was a nun thrown into a vat of molten lead by the Moors. This meaning was favourable since in ancient Rome the leaves of laurel trees were used to create victors garlands.

It is of Latin origin and the meaning of Laura is the bay or laurel plant. Laura Ingalls Wilder author. A female given name.