laurieとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

The given names are clippings of Laurence, Lawrence, Laura, and Lauren +‎ -ie, all ultimately from Latin laurus (“laurel”).

The surname is from the diminutive of Lawrence.

The city in Missouri was named by its residents in 1961 after L. M. and William (Buster) Laurie, who in 1937 bought a building in the area and operated the Laurie Market, because of the goodwill generated by the family store over the years.

別の表記

• (male given name): Lawrie
• (female given name): Lauri, Lori, Lorie

固有名詞

Laurie (countable and uncountable, plural Lauries)

1. A unisex given name.
   1. A diminutive of the male given names Laurence or Lawrence; alternative form of Lawrie; a pet form of the male given name Laurence or Lawrence.
      • 1868, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “The Laurence Boy”, in Little Women: […], part first, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, published 1869, →OCLC, page 46:

        “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 diminutive of the female given name 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?"

   3. A diminutive of the female given name 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 city in Morgan County and Camden County, Missouri, United States.

語源 2

From French Laurie, from Latin Laurum, from laurus (“laurel”).

固有名詞

Laurie

1. A commune in Cantal department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

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