Lauri

Lauri

1. A less common spelling of Laurie, a diminutive of the female given name Laura.

• Irula, ailur-, rauli, urali, urial

From Latin Laurentius.

Lauri

1. a male given name

• Laur

Medieval spoken form of the Latin saint's name Laurentius. Cognate with English Laurence.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑu̯ri/, [ˈlɑ̝u̯ri]
• Rhymes: -ɑuri
• Syllabification^(key): Lau‧ri
• Hyphenation^(key): Lau‧ri

Lauri

1. a male given name
   • 1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers. Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola ), Chapter 1:

     Veljesten nimet vanhimmasta nuorimpaan ovat: Juhani, Tuomas, Aapo, Simeoni, Timo, Lauri ja Eero.

     In order of age, the brothers are Juhani, Tuomas, Aapo, Simeoni, Timo, Lauri, and Eero.

   • 1959, Väinö Linna, Täällä Pohjantähden alla 1, WSOY, published 1965, page 92:

     Lopputuloksena oli että pitäjän kirkkoherran virkaan nimitettiin suurimman äänimäärän saanut Lauri Albin Salpakari, entinen Lars Albin Stenbom.

     The end result was to appoint as the vicar the person who received the most votes, Lauri Albin Salpakari, formerly Lars Albin Stenbom.

   • 1999, Juhani Syrjä, “Juho 19-33”, in Juho, Gummerus, published 2008, →ISBN, page 219:

     Lokakuussa syntyi meille neljäs lapsi. Poika oli niin vähäitkuinen ja mietteliään oloinen, että halusin hänelle annettavaksi nimen Lauri kirjallisen kaimansa mukaan.

     In October we had our fourth child. The boy cried so little and seemed so pensive that I wanted him to be named Lauri after his well-known namesake from a book.

2. The letter L in the Finnish spelling alphabet.
3. a Finnish surname transferred from the given name

• (given names) Lasse, Lassi
• (surnames) Lassila, Laukkanen, Laurikainen, Laurila

• Lauri is the 22^nd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 22,485 male individuals (and as a middle name to 12,204 more), and also belongs as a middle name to 5 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
• Lauri is the 1571^st (tied with 3 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 546 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• Rauli, lirua

Ultimately from Latin Laurentius. Akin to Finnish Lauri and Estonian Lauri.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑu̯ri/, [ˈɫɑu̯rʲ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑu̯ri/, [ˈɫɑu̯ri]
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯rʲ, -ɑu̯ri
• Hyphenation: Lau‧ri

Lauri

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Laurence

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 253