Laurie (name)
Laurie is both a male and a female given name , but also occurs as a family name .
Origin and meaning of the name
The name is derived from the Latin Laurentius and means something like "the laurel adorned".
Name bearer
Female first name
- Laurie Anderson (* 1947), American performance artist and musician
- Laurie Drew (* 19 **), Canadian costume designer
- Laurie Fortier (* 1974), American actress
- Laurie Graham (ski racer) (* 1960), Canadian ski racer
- Laurie Hernandez (* 2000), American gymnast, actually Lauren Hernandez
- Laurie Holden (born 1969), American actress
- Laurie R. King (* 1952), American writer
- Laurie Metcalf (* 1955), American actress
Male first name
- Laurie Brown (physicist) (* 1923), American physicist and historian of science
- Laurie Cunningham (1956–1989), English football player
- Laurie Doherty (1875-1919), English tennis player
- Laurie Hughes (1924-2011), English football player
- Laurie Johnson (* 1927), English film composer
- Laurie London (born 1944), British singer
family name
- Annie Laurie (singer) , American R&B singer
- Arthur Pillans Laurie (1861–1949), Scottish chemist
- Cy Laurie (1926–2002), British jazz musician
- Eleanor MO Laurie (* 1919), British zoologist
- Hugh Laurie (born 1959), British actor
- John Laurie (1897–1980), Scottish actor
- Louis Laurie (1917-2002), American boxer
- Malcolm Laurie (1866-1932), British zoologist
- Miracle Laurie (born 1981), American actress
- Patrick Gammie Laurie (1833–1903), Canadian publisher and journalist
- Piper Laurie (born 1932), American actress
- Ran Laurie (1915-1998), British rower
- Stephen P. Laurie (* 19 **), British amateur astronomer and asteroid explorer