Laurie

plural Lauries · alternative Lawrie · alternative Lauri · alternative Lori · alternative Lorie

1. A unisex given name.
   1. countableuncountableA diminutive of the male given names Laurence and Lawrence; alternative form of Lawrie; a pet form of the male given name Laurence or Lawrence.

      “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.”

      1868, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “The Laurence Boy”, in Little Women: […], 1st part, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, published 1869, →OCLC, page 46

   2. countableuncountableA diminutive of the female given name Laura; popular as a female given name in the US in the mid-twentieth century.

      Laura called her parents. Her father answered. Fighting to keep her voice steady, Laura said, "Hi, Daddy." "Laurie? How's my little girl?"

      2005, Adeline Catherine Anderson, My Sunshine, Signet Classic, →ISBN, page 397

   3. countableuncountableA diminutive of the female given name Lauren.
2. countableuncountableA surname transferred from the given name.

   Maxwelton braes are bonnie Where early fa's the dew; An' it's there that Annie Laurie Gi'ed me her promise true.

   ca. 1700 ?William Douglas: Annie Laurie

3. countableuncountableA city in Morgan County and Camden County, Missouri, United States.

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