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Summary
- No one named Laurie appears in the Bible, and the name has no Hebrew meaning.
- Laurie is a short form of Laura, from Latin laurus, “laurel,” and of Laurence or Lawrence, “from Laurentum,” a city probably named for the laurel.
- In the United States it was mostly a girls’ name and peaked at 37th in 1960; in England and Wales it is now given mainly to boys.
- The ESV uses the word laurel once, for a wicked man “spreading himself like a green laurel tree” (Psalm 37:35); the King James Version has “green bay tree.”
- Paul contrasts the athlete’s “perishable wreath” with the believer’s imperishable one (1 Corinthians 9:25).
- There is no Saint Laurie; French calendars give Laurie the feast of Saint Lawrence of Rome, 10 August.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Behind the Name, “Laurie,” “Laura,” “Laurence (1)” and “Lawrence,” with United States, England and Wales popularity figures from official birth-name data. https://www.behindthename.com/name/laurie
- Nominis, Église catholique en France, “Laurie” and “Laure.” https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/prenom/438/Laurie.html
- “Laura of Cordoba,” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_of_Cordoba
- Scripture quotations from the English Standard Version (Psalm 37:35–36, with its footnote; 1 Corinthians 9:25), the King James Version (Psalm 37:35) and the New International Version (Psalm 37:35).
