About the Lauri Surname

Lauri is best understood together with Lauro: both are Italian spellings of a single family name. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “from lauro, "laurel", or the personal name Lauro”.

Lauri and Lauro

Lauri and Lauro differ only in the final vowel; Italian surnames often appear in singular and plural versions. Other spellings include Laurino.

Spain's INE counts 96 residents with Lauri as first surname and 65 with it as second. French birth records list 187 children named Lauri between 1891 and 2000. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Laurie.

Arms associated with the name

There is no single Lauri family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

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