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When you see the name Laurie, is your first though male or female? and do you like the name?
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It's more nickname to me but I like it. I see it as more masculine one.
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First thought: female.
Not as a full name.
Sidenote, an acquaintance of mine name Lori recently named her first son Lawrence nn Ren. Apparently there are 5 or 6 generations of Lawr/Laur/Lor names in her family.
Not as a full name.
Sidenote, an acquaintance of mine name Lori recently named her first son Lawrence nn Ren. Apparently there are 5 or 6 generations of Lawr/Laur/Lor names in her family.
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Male! When I was in my pre-teens and just developing a love for names, Laurie was top of my list for a boy. Not short for anything, just Laurie, with his brother Braidy :D
Hearing Laurie I would probably assume Lori and a girl. But seeing the Laurie spelling just reminds me of my old love for this name :')
Hearing Laurie I would probably assume Lori and a girl. But seeing the Laurie spelling just reminds me of my old love for this name :')
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Definitely male, definitely as a nn. I like it much better than Larry.
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My name is Laurie and im female. Ive never met anyone with my name spelt this way, so i kinda love it for that reason alone.
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I used to really like Laurie when I was a kid as a nn for Laura. I still kind of like but it's colored by the kind of commonness of Lori. But really Laurie should be considered a classic nn, like Katie for Katherine, no? I don't know.
Anyway, Laurence nn Laurie is also adorable but I don't know if I'd use it. Laurie on a boy seems like fodder for teasing.
Anyway, Laurence nn Laurie is also adorable but I don't know if I'd use it. Laurie on a boy seems like fodder for teasing.
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Female. I think Laurie itself is dated, but some of the full names for it are good. I like Laurel, Laurian, Laurienne, Lauriel, etc. Laura is good too. There's also Lauren but I think that is/was a little too popular. I also like some Lori names like Lorien, Lorian, Lorena, Loren, Lorana, Loriana, etc. but I think Laurie is a lot better than Lori. Lori is very dated, Laurie is only slightly dated.
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My first thought is female. I find the name sweet.
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My first thought is either an old man (Laurie for Laurence) or a little girl (nickname for Laura or Lauren).
I'm not sure if I like it or not... as a nn for Laura/Lauren it seems cute, but as a name it itself I can only thing of those leather shoes with tassels that really old men wear.
I'm not sure if I like it or not... as a nn for Laura/Lauren it seems cute, but as a name it itself I can only thing of those leather shoes with tassels that really old men wear.
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Female. Laurie is not used for men in the US and hasn't been in a long time. I don't like it, it's dowdy and frazzled. Lori is cute and peppy though. (They are usually pronounced somewhat differently.)
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Male, because I'm reading Little Women right now. (Laurie in Little Women is really Theodore though, Laurie is a nickname for his surname, Laurence.) But if it wasn't for that, my first thought would probably be female.
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Male. My dad works with a guy named this. I like it as a nn for Laurence.
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I have a male first cousin whose real name is Laurie with no middle name or initial. So, I automatically think of this name as a males. However, the behind-the-name story is that when he was born, his mother desperately wanted a little girl and gave him that name deliberately as it was as close to a girl's name as her husband would allow.
But that being said, I think Laurie liked his name and it actually seemed to fit him. He was a freckle-faced red headed kid full of mischief and somehow his kind of soft name seemed to mellow him some.
Since I'm thinking of using Ashley for my son, I guess maybe I like the more unisex names.
But that being said, I think Laurie liked his name and it actually seemed to fit him. He was a freckle-faced red headed kid full of mischief and somehow his kind of soft name seemed to mellow him some.
Since I'm thinking of using Ashley for my son, I guess maybe I like the more unisex names.
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Female. I work with two of them, and they're both women, so...
I liked it once, long ago, but now it's just okay.
I liked it once, long ago, but now it's just okay.
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