Laurel
Laurel is a girl name of Latin origin, meaning The laurel; honour and victory.
What Laurel means
The laurel; honour and victory.
Laurel sits at 6 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Laurel 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.
Laurel is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.
How popular is Laurel?
Laurel is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Laurel is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Laurel
We group Laurel under the natural world and the long-established classics — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Laurel
These share Laurel's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Laura — Laurel; victory and honour.
- 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
- Laura — Laurel; victory and honour.
- Lawrence — Crowned with laurel.
- Juno — Queen of the heavens.
- Leo — Lion. Brave and warm-hearted.
- Juniper — The evergreen juniper; youth-giving.
- Liberty — Freedom.
- Junia — Born in June; youthful.
- Lionel — Young lion.
- June — Young; sacred to the goddess Juno.
- Livia — Olive; blue.