Laura

See also: laura

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin saint's name Laura, from the feminine form of laurus (laurel tree). A post-classical name made famous by Petrarch's sonnets to Laura in the fourteenth century.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Laura

  1. A female given name.
    • ~1591 William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet: Act II, Scene IV:
      Now is he for the numbers that Petrarch flowed in; Laura to his lady was but a kitchen-wench; marry, she had a better love to be-rime her;
    • 1960 Peter S. Beagle: A Fine And Private Place. Random House Publishing, 1982:The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle. →ISBN 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

Anagrams


Czech

Etymology

From Latin Laura.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlau̯ra]

Proper noun

Laura f

  1. A female given name.

Danish

Etymology

From Latin Laura.

Proper noun

Laura

  1. A female given name.

References

  • Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 21 161 females with the given name Laura have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Estonian

Etymology

From Latin Laura.

Proper noun

Laura

  1. A female given name.

Faroese

Proper noun

Laura

  1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Laura: Lauruson
  • daughter of Laura: Laurudóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Laura
Accusative Lauru
Dative Lauru
Genitive Lauru

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Laura.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑu̯rɑ/, [ˈlɑu̯rɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑurɑ
  • Hyphenation: Lau‧ra

Proper noun

Laura

  1. A female given name.
    • 1931 Frans Emil Sillanpää, Nuorena nukkunut, in Silja ja Ihmiset suviyössä, Suuri Suomalainen Kirjakerho (1988), →ISBN, page 63:
      Ja sen jälkeen taas parin vuoden kuluttua tyttö, jonka nimeksi pantiin Laura, sekin Salmeluksen vanhoja perintönimiä.
    • 1991 Anna-Leena Härkönen, Akvaariorakkautta, Otava (2008), →ISBN, s.183:
      —Tässä on meidän Laura ja tuo pienempi on Suvi, Marita sano.
      Mä ajattelin tylsänä että kiva ku joku sinänsä epäsovinnainen ihminen oli antanu lapsilleen ihan normaalit nimet eikä mitään muotiväännöksiä niin ku monet. Kaikki sampot ja santerit ja tonterit säälittää mua suunnattomasti.
    • 2013 Kari Hotakainen, Luonnon laki, Siltala, →ISBN, pages 17-18:
      Sen ojensi hänelle sairaanhoitaja, jonka vasemman rinnan yläpuolella oli nimikyltti: Laura. Nimi toi Rautalan mieleen vanhojen elokuvien palvelijan, joka alistuneesti nyökkäillen sipsuttelee isossa ruokasalissa tarkistamassa, että kaikki on varmasti valmiina mahakkaan tilanomistajan ja hänen rouvansa ruokailuhetkeä varten. Kävi mielessä myös mainoksen Elovena-tyttö, vaikka Lauran hiuksen olivat pikimustat ja hänellä oli korvissaan mustat napit. Hutiin siis meni Rautalan arvaus.

Declension

Inflection of Laura (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Laura Laurat
genitive Lauran Laurojen
partitive Lauraa Lauroja
illative Lauraan Lauroihin
singular plural
nominative Laura Laurat
accusative nom. Laura Laurat
gen. Lauran
genitive Lauran Laurojen
Laurainrare
partitive Lauraa Lauroja
inessive Laurassa Lauroissa
elative Laurasta Lauroista
illative Lauraan Lauroihin
adessive Lauralla Lauroilla
ablative Lauralta Lauroilta
allative Lauralle Lauroille
essive Laurana Lauroina
translative Lauraksi Lauroiksi
instructive Lauroin
abessive Lauratta Lauroitta
comitative Lauroineen

French

Etymology

From Late Latin Laura. A Latinate variant of Laure.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔ.ʁa/

Proper noun

Laura

  1. A female given name.

German

Etymology

From Latin Laura.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlaʊ̯ʀa]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Lau‧ra

Proper noun

Laura

  1. A female given name.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Laura.

Proper noun

Laura f

  1. A female given name.

Latvian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Laura f

  1. A female given name.

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • Population Register of Latvia: Laura was the only given name of 8301 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Norwegian

Etymology

From Latin Laura.

Proper noun

Laura

  1. A female given name.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Laura.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlaw.ɾɐ/

Proper noun

Laura f

  1. A female given name, equivalent to English Laura

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɫau̯ra/

Proper noun

Laura f (genitive Laury, nominative plural Laury) declension pattern žena

  1. A female given name.

Declension

Derived terms

  • Lara
  • Lola, Lolka
  • Lolina, Lolinka
  • Lalina, Lalinka
  • Lóra
  • Laurika
  • Lorka

Further reading

  • Laura in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Laura.

Proper noun

Laura (f)

  1. A female given name.

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin Laura. First recorded in Sweden in 1737.

Proper noun

Laura c (genitive Lauras)

  1. A female given name.
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