Laura-Marie
Girl name · 3 babies recorded · 1974–2025
Laura-Marie: 3 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to girls, peaking at 3 births in 1982.
A hyphenated double-barrelled name that blends two classic Western favourites, Laura-Marie combines the Latin Laura, meaning "laurel" or "bay tree" (a symbol of victory and honour), with Marie, the French form of Mary, whose ultimate Hebrew root, Miryam, likely meant "beloved" or "wished-for child". Perhaps the most famous bearer of the first element was the Italian Renaissance poet Laura de Noves, the muse of Petrarch, whose sonnets immortalised her. Marie Curie, the trailblazing physicist and chemist who won two Nobel Prizes, lends her name to the Curie Institute in Paris, while the shared root of Laura also appears in the name of the Bay Laurel, whose leaves were used for ancient victory crowns. In Scotland, hyphenated first names like Laura-Marie became increasingly popular from the 1980s onward, reflecting a broader trend toward combining family or favourite names into one distinctive given name.
Girl 1 of 52 years
- Peak year
- 19823 babies
- Latest (1982)
- #5303 babies
- Total births
- 3since 1982
- 5-year trend
- ≈ stablevs prior 5y