Could you please tell me all the forms

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Registered: 03-29-2005
Could you please tell me all the forms
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Tue, 06-07-2005 - 8:24am

of Laura for both male and female that you know? Or a link to them?

Thank you,

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Registered: 11-04-2003
Tue, 06-07-2005 - 8:33am

A Link for forms of Laura... Here you go:
http://www.behindthename.com/php/extra.php?extra=r&terms=laura

For the record, My name is Laura and I love it. Simple, easily spelled and pronounced and elegant.

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Registered: 09-30-2003
Tue, 06-07-2005 - 9:51am

I thought of these & didn't see them listed-


Lorelei, Leora, Liora, Larissa.

Carol, loving mama to Abigail Elizabeth (2/3/99)

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Registered: 11-04-2003
Tue, 06-07-2005 - 11:33am

That's because some of them aren't really etymologically related to Laura (coming from the Late Latin name name Laurus, meaning "laurel". And more recently said to mean 'victorious for the laurel wreath the Romans used to create victors' garlands ).

Here's what I dug up on each:

Lorelei comes from Germanic and means "ambush cliff"

Leora & Liora seem to be forms of the Hebrew unisex, Lior, meaning "my light".

Larissa is possibly derived from the name of an ancient city of Thessaly, ultimately from Ionic Greek lerisai "citadel". Saint Larissa was an early Greek martyr venerated in the Eastern Church and is sometimes used as a feminine form of LARRY. But not generally related to Laura except by recent association. I wouldn't count it as a form of my name (which is Laura).

Lawrence/Laurence isn't on the list because it's a list of feminine names, not masculine and it's widely known that Laura is the feminine of Laurence (and it's alterate Lawrence).

Laurent is the French masculine form of Laurence.

Loren is either a variant form of Lauren or a masculine short form of Laurence.

and

Lorne is derived from the title 'Marquis of Lorne', which was based on the Scottish place name Lorne, of unknown meaning. It's not recognised as an etymological relation to Laurence/Laura. It might be related through folklore or general modern use but it's roots aren't the same which disqualifies it to me.

When I go to behindthename.com (the best meaning site online) and look up Laurence, click on 'related names' I get this list:
http://www.behindthename.com/php/extra.php?extra=r&terms=laurence

which has some feminine variants on it but lists mostly masculine variants. My bad for not including the boys in the first place.

I'm partial to Laurence for a boy since I'm a minor freak for "Little Women" and already have a Josephine. If it weren't my name already, I'd use it for a boy and call him Laurie untill he went to school, at least!

Sorry for the long-winded post, I just had to explain why I listed what I did!