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Cute, but definitely too nicknamey

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I like it as a boy's nn for Lawrence.
I also like it as a girl's nn for Lauren, Laura, Lorraine, or Lorelei.

For a girl, it's very 1970s and nickname-y to me. I like it for a boy as a nn for Lawrence / Laurence, but I actually prefer Larkin as a nn for those.

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Laurie is my sister's name, we pronounce it LAWR-ee rather than LOR-ee though.

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I like it well enough. I don't think that it sounds nicknamey, but I grew up with it and I do think that it sounds fine on its own.

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If I were to choose among all the Laur- names though my favorite would actually be Laurel.

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I really like it for a boy as a nn for Laurence. Dislike it on a girl

My mom goes by Laurie, and has all of her life, but her full name is Laurel. One thing to be aware of is that if you name your daughter Laurie, she will often have it misspelled by others as Lori.

I don't think it sounds to nicknamey. But, if you wanted a name that sounded more full you could do Laura or Lauren and call her Laurie. I am one of those people who believes in mns though.

It strikes me as more of a masculine name because the name Lawrence with nn. Laurie was very popular in my family. I like this but only as a nn. I think it suits a girl too and love the name Laurel with nn. Laurie.

The two Lauries I have known were just Laurie, so I think it would be fine as a full name. However, if you wanted to use it as just a nn, you could have the full name be Laura, Lauren, Laurel, Lauretta/Loretta Larissa, or Laraine. Personally, I don't like the name Laurie, it just sounds middle-aged and bad-perm, heavy makeup to me. I do like Lori some better. My mother is named Lorraine and some of her friends still call her Lori.

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Laurie has also sometimes been used as a boys' nn, like in Little Women. I think Theodore/Ted/Theo would have been much for young Mr. Laurence to use though. And my favorite nonfiction book "Life a Among the Savages" there's a boy named Laurie who is very funny. The book implies that he eventually insisted on being called Lawrence.

I support the use of pet forms and nicknames as complete first names.

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Also, Laurie can be short for Lauretta / Loretta, Laurena / Lorena, Hannelore, Lorelei, and Lorea, in addition to names already mentioned by other posters.

I like Laurie well enough, but it's strictly a nick to me (for Laura, Lauren). Did you mean for Laurie to be used for a female or a male? I went to school with a guy named Laurence. Once, I called him Laurie (I had just read "Little Women" again) and he flipped out (not exaggerating here). I dunno, I thought it was cute ...

I've met Laurie's that have that as their first name. It seems almost everyone here is named Laurie, Laura, or Lauren... and if not that Sarah... so I'm not really big on the name...
I'm not sure what it could be short for...

I personally prefer it as a nn for a boy called Laurence but it works for a girl too,.
For a girl it could be a nn for Laura, Lauraine, Laurelle, Lauren, Laurena but it could stand alone I have a girl cousin called Laurie,
I rather like Lowri for a girl its the welsh form of Laura

This message was edited 4/4/2007, 4:55 AM

It's OK. Would you use it on a boy or girl? I prefer it on a boy.
I think it's fine on it's own as a fn.

This message was edited 4/4/2007, 3:42 AM