Laura
Laura is a girl name of Latin origin, meaning Laurel; victory and honour.
What Laura means
Laurel; victory and honour.
Laura sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Laura comes from
Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.
Laura is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.
How popular is Laura?
Laura does not currently chart in the top 100 girl names. Rankings move constantly, and names can spend decades out of the lists before returning — so this says more about the present moment than about the name itself.
The character of Laura
Two ideas meet in Laura: the long-established classics and the natural world. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Laura
These share Laura's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Laurel — The laurel; honour and victory.
- Rose — The rose flower.
- Florence — Flourishing; in bloom.
- Olive — The olive tree; peace.
- Sylvia — From the forest.
- Fabian — Bean grower.
- Sylvester — From the forest; wild.
- Philippa — Lover of horses.
- Ashton — Town of ash trees.
- Aurelia — The golden one.
- Aurora — Dawn; goddess of sunrise.
- Beatrice — She who brings happiness.
More Latin names
- Juno — Queen of the heavens.
- Laurel — The laurel; honour and victory.
- Juniper — The evergreen juniper; youth-giving.
- Lawrence — Crowned with laurel.
- Junia — Born in June; youthful.
- Leo — Lion. Brave and warm-hearted.
- June — Young; sacred to the goddess Juno.
- Liberty — Freedom.
- Julius — Youthful; downy-bearded.
- Lionel — Young lion.