Chris vs Laura - What's the difference?
chris | laura |
A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and, less commonly, of Christian.
A diminutive of the female name Christina and of its variant forms.
English diminutives of male given names
English diminutives of female given names
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* ~1591 William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet : Act II, Scene IV:
* 1960 Peter S. Beagle: A Fine And Private Place . Random House Publishing, 1982:The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle. ISBN 0345300815 page 258:
As a proper noun chris
is a diminutive of the male given names christopher and, less commonly, of christian.As a noun laura is
(historical|roman catholic church) a number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior.chris
English
Proper noun
laura
English
(wikipedia Laura)Alternative forms
* Lora (rare)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Now is he for the numbers that Petrarch flowed in; Laura to his lady was but a kitchen-wench; marry, she had a better love to be-rime her;
- Laura was saying something. A mellifluous name, he thought. I wish she were far away, so I could call her.