Laren
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in England and Wales.
Laren by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Laren. In the US, 5 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 28 babies in 1985, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Laren
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 Laren. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Laurenfrom laurentum; feminine form of Lawrence1,983 in the US (2017)
- Lorenfrom laurentum; a form of Lawrence159 in the US (2017)
- Lareenvariant of lauren; laurel wreath13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Larsenson of Lars; patronymic surname used as given name29 in the US (2017)
- Lawrena form of laurence or lawrence20 in the US (2017)
- Laken237 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Laren
Names that are said the same way as Laren, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Laurynlaurel tree; a form of Lauren530 in the US (2017)
- Laurynnlaurel tree; a form of Lauren29 in the US (2017)
- Laureenlaurel wreath; a form of laureen7 in the US (2017)
- Laurinlaurel wreath; form of laura7 in the US (2017)
- Laurenelaurel tree; symbol of victory; feminine form of Laurence
- Laron44 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Laren
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