Laura

Alternative forms

 * (rare)

Etymology
From Late saint's name, from the feminine form of. A post-classical name made famous by Petrarch's sonnets to Laura in the fourteenth century.

Proper noun

 * 1) * 1960 Peter S. Beagle: A Fine And Private Place. Random House Publishing, 1982:The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle. ISBN 0345300815 page 258:
 * Laura was saying something. A mellifluous name, he thought. I wish she were far away, so I could call her.
 * 1) * 1960 Peter S. Beagle: A Fine And Private Place. Random House Publishing, 1982:The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle. ISBN 0345300815 page 258:
 * Laura was saying something. A mellifluous name, he thought. I wish she were far away, so I could call her.

Usage notes

 * Also used as a feminine equivalent of Laurence.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 羅娜, 蘿拉, 勞拉
 * Danish: Laura
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Laŭra
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: לורה, לאורה
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ローラ
 * Latin: Laura
 * Latvian: Laura
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: Laura
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: Lowri

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Usage notes
Matronymics
 * son of Laura: Lauruson
 * daughter of Laura: Laurudóttir

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Etymology
. A Latinate variant of.

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First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1819. From.

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Borrowed from.

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From. First recorded in Sweden in 1737.