Larae

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 29 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
29
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Larae by the numbers

Larae was given to 29 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 76 babies in 1975, making it a 1970s name.

What we can tell you about Larae

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Larae. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Larahousehold god; or shining, famous465 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Laruethe red; the street18 in the US (2017)
  • Larahlaurel tree; honor and victory; a form of Laura4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lanae37 in the US (2017)
  • Lavae10 in the US (2017)
  • Laray6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Larae

Names that are said the same way as Larae, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Larae

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