Gender: F
Origin: English variation of LAURA
Meaning: "bay laurel"
Popularity in 2008: #30
More popular than Laura and also more trendy, Lauren -- introduced by Lauren (born Betty) Bacall in 1944, has been in and around the Top 25 since the early eighties, chosen last year by close to ten thousand parents seeking a gentle, not-too-extreme update of a Ralph Lauren. like classic.
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Rank in US Top 1000