Laurie

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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.
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