Message: "Re: Laramie?" - Behind the Name

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[Facts] Re: Laramie?

by Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)

1/25/2008, 7:59 AM

The explanation on ancestry.com may well be correct, as the name of the man who the river and mountains in Wyoming are named after is given in different sources as both La Ramie and La Ramee.

One should point out that Laramie is a French surname. It is now used as a feminine given name in the USA, but to my knowledge it is NOT used as a girls' first name in France itself.

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- LMS

1/26/2008, 3:39 PM

Also...(m)

I have never actually seen Laramie on a girl in the US. I have however seen it on a boy, but as a middle name. I think the parents were big into US History and liked that Laramie was a stop on the Oregon Trail.

- Katana_fawn +4

1/25/2008, 5:06 PM

Okay, I didn't say it was used in France. I was just putting down what seemed to be what people were insinuating, plus everything I've read said French, old French, some form of French. I live in the US, not France. I just needed some help with what it meant, NOT where it comes from.

- Murasaki (lady murasaki)

1/27/2008, 5:10 AM

It might be of French origin, but in that case it's definitely a surname. I've lived a few years in a French-speaking area, and never ever encountered or heard about it as a first name.

- Elena +1

1/26/2008, 11:46 AM

Uh, well, I don't understand how you can want to know what a name means without knowing where it came from, but anyway, I went to ancestry.com's site. It lists Laramie as a variant of Laramee but with no meaning. So we know the original surname was Laramee. I then went to a French/English dictionary online and dicovered that ramee could possibly be the past participle of the verb ramer which means "to row" or "to work hard." So if this is true, then Laramie/Laramee could mean "the one who rows" or "the one who works hard."

- Katana_fawn

1/26/2008, 2:37 PM

I'm Sorry

Thank you, I'm sorry for being rude. I'm being unexcusably hormonal, I apologize for taking it out on you.

- Chrisell

1/25/2008, 5:33 PM

That was rude.

- Chrisell +1

1/25/2008, 9:53 AM

Laramie does not appear in the database at www.prenoms.com, which according to our French posters is the equivalent of BtN for French names. If you enter Laramie into the search engine it asks whether you've made a typing error :-) That's a pretty clear indication that it is not used in France.

- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)

1/25/2008, 1:15 PM

Thank you for that information. :)

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