What Is The Meaning Of Name Lauren?

Lauren is a feminine name. It is of American origin. Lauren is the female equivalent of the masculine name Laurence or the word laurel. Lauren Bacall, wife of Humphrey Bogart and an American superstar in her own right, was the first actress to use the name Lauren as her stage name. Her real given names at birth were Betty Jean Perske.

It was declared the 21st female name on a list of the top 1, 000 female baby names in the United States in the year 2005. The rankings for the name Lauren in the five years preceding 2005, namely 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 and 2000 were 16, 15, 13, 15 and 11, respectively. The rankings for Lauren as a male name in six decades, namely 1980-1989, 1950-1959, 1940-1949, 1930-1939, 1920-1929 and 1910-1929, were 967, 870, 756, 754, 825 and 875, respectively.

According to the results of a poll conducted, out of a total number of 10, 127 votes which were cast, 3, 207 people have this name, 588 people wish they had this name and 590 people gave this name to their child.