Laura

Meaning

Laura comes from Latin laurus, meaning “laurel” or “bay tree.” In classical tradition, the laurel was associated with triumph and was worn as a garland by victors, emperors, and poets. The name is also linked in older name books with the Greek Daphne, another laurel-associated figure.

Origin

Fun fact

19th-century name books note that Laura had some masculine and mixed-language forms nearby in the family of laurel names, but the feminine Laura was the standard usage.