Girl name origins & meanings Latin : Laurel leaves; honor; fame; spirit Girl name variations Laura Laure Lora Lori Lorna Laurie Lorry Laurel Lauren Lauryn Lorin Laurien Loryn Laureen Lauranne Laurena Lauretta Laurette Lorina Lorene Lauriette Loretta Lorette Lorita Lorenza Lor Family name origins & meanings French : diminutive or pet form of Laur 1 and 2.It may also be a reduced and altered form of ScottishMcLaren.Possibly also an Americanized spelling of Slovenian Lavrin, derivative of the personal nameLavrencij, Latin Laurentius (see Lawrence).