Meaning of the name Laura?

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Meaning of the name Laura?

Answer 1

Latin origin meaning a laurel, famous

Answer 2

This is what www.ancestry.com had to say about the name.

Laura

Italian, Spanish, and English: feminine form of the Late Latin male name Laurus “Laurel”. St Laura was a 9th-century Spanish nun who met her death in a cauldron of molten lead. Laura is also the name of the woman addressed in the love poetry of the Italian poet Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304-74), and it owes much of its subsequent popularity to this. There have been various speculations about her identity, but it has not been established with any certainty. He first met her in 1327 while living in Avignon, and she died of the plague in 1348. The current popularity of the given name in the English-speaking world dates from the 19th century, when it was probably imported from Italy. Cognates: French: Laure. Catalan: Llora. German: Lora, Lore.

Pet form: English: Laurie.

Answer 3

Laura, has many meanings some of which are: beautiful, pleasant, popular, victorious, leader, ruler, famous, kind, caring from the "laurel leaves".

Answer 4

Here's an article about the name Laura that might help you out.  It includes origin, meaning, popularity and more.

http://wiki.name.com/en/Laura

Answer 5

i heard once it had something to do with a treee:|

Answer 6

Origin: Greek. ("Lavra.") I think the word means, heat, or, something which is alight/burning slowly.

Answer 7

The girl's name Laura \la(u)-ra\ is pronounced LAW-rah, LOR-ah. It is of Latin origin, and its meaning is "the bay, or laurel plant". 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.

Taken from a site about baby names. =]

Answer 8

Origin:Latin

Meaning:Laurel

Answer 9

According to the Dictionary of First Names:

"Laura [Venus symbol]   Feminine form of the Late Latin male name Laurus ‘laurel’. St Laura was a 9th-century Spanish nun who met her death in a cauldron of molten lead. Laura is also the name of the woman addressed in the love poetry of the Italian poet Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304–74), and it owes much of its subsequent popularity to this. There have been various speculations about her identity, but it has not been established with any certainty. He first met her in 1327 while living in Avignon, and she died of the plague in 1348. The popularity of the given name in the English-speaking world has endured since the 19th century, when it was probably imported from Italy."

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