The laurel tree or sweet bay tree symbolic of honor and victory.

Name meaning for laura. Lau - ra la - ura The baby boy name Laura is also used as a girl name with the latter form being much more common. A female given name. Laura is a short form of the Latin name Laurentia which is a feminine variant of Laurentius.

Laura Ingalls Wilder author. Gender Boy Girl Both. Old name with many variants.

In English Baby Names the meaning of the name Laura is. Laura means from Laurentum an ancient Italian city and laurel from Latin lauruslaurea which is a symbol of victory fame honor or accomplishment. Laura as a girls name is pronounced LAW-rah LOR-ah.

Origin Any African American American Indian Anglo-Saxon Arabic Armenian Basque Celtic Chechen Chinese Dutch English French Gaelic German Ghanaian Greek Hawaiian Hebrew Hindi Hindu Hungarian Indian Irish Italian Japanese Korean Latin Muslim Native American Nigerian Persian Polish Punjabi. Its pronunciation is L AO R-ah in English or L AW -Raa in Dutch German Italian Polish and Spanish. In classical times a crown was made from the leaves of the bay laurel for heroes or victors as a symbol of honor and victory.

It is derived from the word laurus with the meaning laurel bay. It is of Latin origin and the meaning of Laura is the bay or laurel plant. Laura has its origins in the Latin language.

In some cases possibly a habitational name from Laura in Badajoz province. Accompanying with Laura meaning you can also listen here how to pronounce Laura name. Feminine form of the Late Latin name Laurus which meant laurel.