Laurie

English

Alternative forms

• (male given name): Lawrie
• (female given name): Lauri, Lori, Lorie

Proper noun

Laurie (countable and uncountable, plural Lauries)

1. A unisex given name
   1. A diminutive of the male given name Laurence; alternative form of Lawrie; a pet form of the male given name Laurence.
      • 1868, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 3, in Little Women:

        "I’m not Mr. Laurence, I’m only Laurie."
        "Laurie Laurence, what an odd name."
        "My first name is Theodore, but I don’t like it, for the fellows called me Dora, so I made them say Laurie instead."

   2. A female given name
      1. diminutive of Laura. Popular as a female given name in the US in the mid-twentieth century.
         • 2005, Adeline Catherine Anderson, My Sunshine, Signet Classic, →ISBN, page 397:

           Laura called her parents. Her father answered. Fighting to keep her voice steady, Laura said, "Hi, Daddy."
           "Laurie? How's my little girl?"

      2. diminutive of Lauren
2. A surname transferred from the given name.
   • ca. 1700 ?William Douglas: Annie Laurie:

     Maxwelton braes are bonnie

     Where early fa's the dew;

     An' it's there that Annie Laurie

     Gi'ed me her promise true.

3. A commune in Cantal department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
4. A village in Morgan County and Camden County, Missouri, United States.