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hobbies and interests genealogy and ancestryIs Lauren male or female name?
Lauren is ultimately derived from theLatinname Laurentius, meaning "Man from Laurentum". Todaythisname is relatively unused for males, however, itwasoriginally as masculine name. It was only popularisedforfemales after Betty Joan Perske took on LaurenBacallas her stage name.
In respect to this, is Lauren a unisex name?
While the name isn't incredibly popular now,it'sgiven more to boys than girls. Jordan: Jordan is aunisexname we hear often in recent years.
Subsequently, one may also ask, what type of name is Lauren?
The name Lauren is a girl's name ofEnglishorigin meaning "bay laurel".
Proper noun
- A female given name; a variant of Laura or a modernfeminineform of Lawrence. Popular in the 1990s and the 2000s.
- A male given name, a rare spelling variant of Loren.
- A rare surname?.