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What is the difference between lauren and laura?

lauren | laura |

Laura is a related term of lauren.



As proper nouns the difference between lauren and laura

is that lauren is {{given name|female|from=Latin}}; a variant of Laura or a modern feminine form of Lawrence. Popular in the 1990s and the 2000s while Laura is {{given name|female|from=Latin}}.

As a noun laura is

a number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior.

lauren

English

Alternative forms

* Loren

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • ; a variant of Laura or a modern feminine form of Lawrence. Popular in the 1990s and the 2000s.
  • , a rare spelling variant of Loren.
  • Quotations

    * 2004 , Runaway:Stories , Knopf 2004, page 214 ("Trespasses") *: "I don't like my name," said Delphine. "Nobody likes their own name." *: "I don't like mine." *: "Lauren' s nice. They picked a nice name for you." * 2007 Marcel Danesi, Why It Sells:Decoding the Meanings of Brand Names , Rowman&Littlefield 2007, page 59 *: For example, the new York designer Ralph Lifshitz chose to change his "unpleasant-sounding" name to Ralph Lauren , creating a multi-billion-dollar clothing enterprise as a result.

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    laura

    English

    (wikipedia Laura)

    Alternative forms

    * Lora (rare)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * ~1591 William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet : Act II, Scene IV:
  • 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;
  • * 1960 Peter S. Beagle: A Fine And Private Place . Random House Publishing, 1982:The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle. ISBN 0345300815 page 258:
  • Laura was saying something. A mellifluous name, he thought. I wish she were far away, so I could call her.

    Usage notes

    * Also used as a feminine equivalent of Laurence.

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