Lauri
Lauri is a boy name of Finnish origin, meaning Crowned with laurel.
What Lauri means
Crowned with laurel.
Lauri 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 Lauri comes from
Finnish names draw on the Kalevala and on the natural world, and Finnish's own vocabulary gives many of them meanings tied to weather, forest, and light.
Lauri is recorded as Finnish in origin. Browse other Finnish names.
How popular is Lauri?
You will not find Lauri in the top 100 boy names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Lauri
Lauri sits in our royalty and rule group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.
Themes: Royal
Names like Lauri
These share Lauri's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Eero — Eternal ruler.
- Alexander — Defender of the people.
- Arthur — Bear; noble and courageous.
- August — Great, venerable, majestic.
- Cyrus — Sun; lord.
- David — Beloved.
- Etienne — Crown, garland.
- Friedrich — Peaceful ruler.
- Henry — Ruler of the home.
- Laszlo — Glorious ruler.
- Laurent — Crowned with laurel.
- Lawrence — Crowned with laurel.