# Laurie

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #12,091

## Definitions
1. A unisex given name.
2. A unisex given name.
3. A unisex given name.
4. A surname transferred from the given name.
5. A city in Morgan County and Camden County, Missouri, United States.

## Etymology
The given names are clippings of Laurence, Lawrence, Laura, or 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.

## Easily confused with
- **lure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laurie-vs-lure)
- **Louie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laurie-vs-louie)
- **lurid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laurie-vs-lurid)
- **Lawrie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laurie-vs-lawrie)
- **Lauryn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laurie-vs-lauryn)
- **Laurier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laurie-vs-laurier)
- **large** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/large-vs-laurie)
- **Laura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laura-vs-laurie)
- **Laude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laude-vs-laurie)
- **Lauren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lauren-vs-laurie)
- **laurel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laurel-vs-laurie)
- **lassie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lassie-vs-laurie)

## Common misspellings (7)
`alurie`, `laruie`, `lauire`, `laurei`, `laurrie`, `llaurie`, `luarie`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/laurie