Laura
Classic girl's name
Laura is a feminine given name, popular across Europe and the Americas.
It derives from the laurel tree, whose leaves formed the wreaths crowning victors in ancient Rome.
The name has remained consistently common since the medieval period: Laura was the idealized beloved in Petrarch's sonnets.
Variants include Lauren, Laurie, and Lara.
Medieval Italian lyric poet
- sonnetFourteen-line metered poem
- museThink deeply about
- belovedOne who is treasured
- unrequitedNot returned in kind
idealized · courtly · verse · devotion · Renaissance · Italian · lyric · longing
Of a prim era
- vintageQuality from past eras
- timelessUnaffected by eras
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
nostalgic · elegant · refined · genteel · ladylike · proper · distinguished · enduring
Petrarch
Medieval Italian lyric poet
unrequited · idealized · courtly · verse · devotion · Renaissance · Italian · lyric · longing · beauty
Victorian
Of a prim era
- vintageQuality from past eras
- timelessUnaffected by eras
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
heritage · nostalgic · elegant · refined · genteel · ladylike · proper · distinguished · enduring · perennial
protagonist
Story's central figure
fiction · Vera · Alicia · Emma · Rebecca · Jane · Catherine · Isabel · Anna · Charlotte
Laurie
Unisex given name
Larissa · Louisa · Livia · Layla · Lola · Lori · Lorelei · Lavinia
- Girls' NamesAbigail, Alice, Amanda, Amy, Anna
- Iberian NamesAna, Antonio, Carlos, Carmen, Diego
- Italian NamesAndrea, Angelo, Anna, Antonio, Beatrice
- hurricaneshurricane, tropical cyclone, Andrew, Katrina, eyewall
- love poetrylove poems, love poem, love poetry, love sonnets, love sonnet
- 1940s CinemaCasablanca, Citizen Kane, The Maltese Falcon, Rebecca, Mildred Pierce
- Laura Ingalls Wilder
- resting on one's laurelsRelying on past accomplishments
- poet laureateOfficial state verse maker
- rest on one's laurelsStop improving after success
- laurel wreathWoven leaves honoring champions
- Laurel and HardyContrasting comedic film partners
laurel, laurels, laureate, baccalaureate, Laurel, laureateship, laurelled, Lauren, Laurence