Lauren vs Laurel - What's the difference?
lauren | laurel |
; a variant of Laura or a modern feminine form of Lawrence. Popular in the 1990s and the 2000s.
, a rare spelling variant of Loren.
An evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus , having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.
A crown of laurel.
(figuratively, chiefly, in the plural) honor, distinction, fame.
An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel
As proper nouns the difference between lauren and laurel
is that lauren is ; a variant of laura or a modern feminine form of lawrence popular in the 1990s and the 2000s while laurel is from the plant laurel.As a noun laurel is
(mormonism) a 16-17 year old participant in the young women organization of the lds church.lauren
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Alternative forms
* LorenProper noun
(en proper noun)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.Anagrams
* * *laurel
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(wikipedia laurel)Noun
(en noun)- to win laurels'''; to crown with '''laurels .