Laura

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Female Name

Usage

Finnish
Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Short form of Laurentia ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

Lape	♀
Lára	♀
Laura	♀
Laure	♀
Laurukka	♀
Lavra	♀
Lávrá	♀

See also Lalla, Lara, Larisa, Lauretta, Laurina

Combinations

For combinations see LAUR (name element)

Name Days

Faroe Islands

15 January

Finland

18 January

Norway

15 January

Finland (Swedish Language)

18 January

Sweden

15 January

Grammar

- Faroese
Nominative:	Laura
Accusative:	Lauru
Dative:	Lauru
Genitive:	Lauru

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1737 ^[2]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[3]		14130	n.a.	0	n.a
Sweden[4]		2218	3732	0	1
Norway[5]		660	1325	0	0
Finland[6]		n.a.	31272	n.a	2
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[4][3][5][6]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[5]:

Sources: ^{[4] [3] [5] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi