Laraine
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables.
Laraine by the numbers
Its American peak was 268 babies in 1947, making it a 1940s name.
What we can tell you about Laraine
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 Laraine. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lorainefrom lorraine; laurel crowned; a form of lorraine21 in the US (2017)
- Laraina6 in the US (2017)
- Larine4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Larkinfierce, rough; rough little one151 in the US (2017)
- Lorrainefrom the region of Lorraine; of Lotharingia137 in the US (2017)
- Lareinathe queen; from la reina23 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Laraine
Names that are said the same way as Laraine, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Laurenfrom laurentum; feminine form of Lawrence1,983 in the US (2017)
- Laurynlaurel tree; a form of Lauren530 in the US (2017)
- Lareenvariant of lauren; laurel wreath13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Laurynnlaurel tree; a form of Lauren29 in the US (2017)
- Lawrena form of laurence or lawrence20 in the US (2017)
- Laureenlaurel wreath; a form of laureen7 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Laraine
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