Lauryn

Where Lauryn comes from

Spelling variant of Lauren.
— Wiktionary's entry for Lauryn
  • Latin
Along the way
  1. 1952
    First appearance
    #5,563 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1975
    Lauryn Hill born
    American singer and rapper
  3. 1983
    Lauryn Williams born
    American sprint athlete
  4. 1999
    Peak, #167
    1,883 babies named Lauryn — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2003
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #366.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Lauryn Hill · American singer and rapper, born 1975
  • Lauryn Williams · American sprint athlete, born 1983
  • Lauryn Eagle · Australian boxer, born 1987
  • Lauryn Hutchinson · Trinidadian footballer, born 1991
  • Lauryn Mark · Australian sports shooter, born 1980

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.