Laurie is a unisex given name. Among males, it can be a short form (

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...

) of

Lawrence Lawrence may refer to: Education Colleges and universities * Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States * Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States Preparator ...

Laurence Laurence is an English and French given name (usually female in French and usually male in English). The English masculine name is a variant of Lawrence and it originates from a French form of the Latin ''Laurentius'', a name meaning "man from ...

. For females, it can be a short form of

Lauren Lauren may be a given name or surname.The name's meaning may be "laurel tree", "sweet of honor", or "wisdom". It is derived from the French name Laurence, a feminine version of Laurent, which is in turn derived from the Roman surname Laurentius. ...

or Laura. Laurie is the name of:

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* Laurie Allen, singer and musician, half of the

Bobby & Laurie Bobby & Laurie were an Australian beat pop duo of the 1960s, with Laurie Allen (19422002) on vocals, guitar and keyboards and Bobby Bright (born in England, 3 February 1945) on vocals and guitar. Their regular backing band were the Rondells. Th ...

1960s Australian singing duo *

Laurie Anderson Laurel Philips Anderson (born June 5, 1947), known as Laurie Anderson, is an American avant-garde artist, composer, musician, and film director whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects. Initially trained in violin and ...

(born 1947), American avant-garde artist, composer, musician and film director *

Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Halse Anderson is an American writer, known for children's and young adult novels. She received the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 2010 for her contribution to young adult literature. She was first re ...

(born 1961), American writer best known for children's and young adult novels * Laurie Monnes Anderson (born 1945), American politician *

Laurie Baker (ice hockey) Laurie Baker (born November 6, 1976) is an American ice hockey player. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics and a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Awards and honors *1997 USA Hockey Women's Player of the Year Award (also kn ...

(born 1976), American hockey player * Laurie Brown (broadcaster) (born 1957), Canadian television host *

Laurie Butler Laurie Jeanne Butler (born 1959) is an American physical chemist known for her experimental work testing the Born–Oppenheimer approximation on separability of nuclear and electron motions. She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a ...

(born 1955), American chemist *

Laurie David Laurie Ellen David (née Lennard; born March 22, 1958) is an American environmental activist, producer, and writer. She produced the Academy Award-winning ''An Inconvenient Truth'' (2006) and partnered with Katie Couric to executive produce ' ...

(born 1958), American environmental activist *

Laurie Garrett Laurie Garrett (born 1951) is an American science journalist and author. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism in 1996 for a series of works published in '' Newsday'' that chronicled the Ebola virus outbreak in Zaire. Bi ...

(born 1951), American Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist and writer * Laurie Graham (born 1960), Canadian retired downhill skier, member of several Halls of Fame * Laurie Graham (novelist) (born 1947), English journalist, scriptwriter and novelist * Laurie Heyer, American mathematician * Laurie Hill (footballer, born 1970), American-born Mexican international soccer player * Laurie Jussaume (born 1999), Canadian cyclist *

Laurie Metcalf Laura Elizabeth Metcalf (born June 16, 1955) is an American actress. Often described as a character actor, she's known for her complex and versitile roles across the stage and screen. She has received various accolades throughout her career sp ...

(born 1955), American actress *

Laurie Penny Laurie Penny (born Laura Barnett, 28 September 1986) is a British journalist and writer. Penny has written articles for publications including ''The Guardian,'' ''The New York Times'' and ''Salon''. Penny is a contributing editor at the ''New ...

(born 1986), English feminist columnist and author *

Laurie Scott (politician) Laurie J. Scott (born 1962) is a Canadian politician who served as Ontario Minister of Infrastructure from 2019 to 2021 and Minister of Labour from 2018 to 2019 in the Doug Ford cabinet. She is a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislat ...

(born 1963), Canadian politician * Laurie Sue Brockway (born 1956), American journalist, author, and minister * Laurie Gwen Shapiro (born 1966), American writer and filmmaker * Laurie Tackett (born 1974), one of the perpetrators of the torture-murder of Shanda Sharer * Laurie Walker (artist) (1962–2011), Canadian artist * Laurie Wayburn (born 1954), American conservationist *

Laurie Williams (wheelchair basketball) Laurie Anne Williams (born 4 February 1992) is a 2.5 point British-Irish wheelchair basketball player who participated at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, and the 2020 Summer Paralympics in ...

(born 1993), British wheelchair basketball player

Men

Laurie Allan Laurie Allan (born 19 February 1943, London) is an English drummer, best known for stints in Delivery and Gong. Biography Allan started drumming when he was 12. His professional career got going in the early 1960s. He was in The First Real Poe ...

(born 1943), English drummer *

Gerard Anderson Gerard Rupert Laurie Anderson (15 March 1889 – November 1914), universally known as "Twiggy", was a British hurdler who participated in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics and held the world record for the 440-yards hurdles. Life Twiggy Anderson ...

(1889-1914), British hurdler *

Laurie Baker Lawrence Wilfred "Laurie" Baker (2 March 1917 – 1 April 2007) was a British-born Indian architect, renowned for his initiatives in cost-effective energy-efficient architecture and designs that maximized space, ventilation and light and mainta ...

(1917–2007), British-born Indian architect * Laurie Bell (footballer) (born 1992), English footballer * Lawrence Bell (footballer) (1875-1933), Scottish footballer *

Laurie Brereton Laurence John "Laurie" Brereton (born 29 May 1946) is a former Australian politician who was a state minister, a federal member of cabinet, and kingmaker in the election of several Australian Labor Party leaders, including Paul Keating and Mark ...

(born 1946), Australian politician *

Laurie Bristow Sir Laurence Stanley Charles Bristow (born 23 November 1963) is a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to Afghanistan between June and November 2021, notably during the fall of Kabul. He served as British Ambassador to Azerbaija ...

(born 1963), British diplomat * Laurie Brown (footballer) (1937-1998), British footballer and manager *

Laurie Brown (physicist) Laurie Mark Brown (born 1923, New York City) is an American theoretical physicist and historian of quantum field theory and elementary particle physics. Biography Brown studied at Cornell University, where in 1951 he received his Ph.D. under Richa ...

(born 1923), American theoretical physicist *

Laurie Ferguson Laurie Donald Thomas Ferguson (born 7 July 1952) is a former Australian politician who was an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Representatives from March 1990, representing Reid until 2010 and Werriwa until May 2016, both in New ...

(born 1952), Australian former politician *

Laurie Hill (footballer, born 1942) Laurie Hill (18 July 1942 – 22 May 2014) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s. A half back flanker, Hill played in losing grand finals for Collingwood in 1964 ...

(1942–2014), Australian rules footballer *

Laurie London Laurie London (born 19 January 1944) is an English singer, who achieved fame as a boy singer of the 1950s, for both his gospel and novelty songs recording in both English and German. He is best known for his hit single of the spiritual song "He's ...

(English musician, born January 19, 1944) *

Laurie Lynd Laurie Lynd (born May 19, 1959, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter, best known as the director of the feature film ''Breakfast with Scot''. In his early career, Lynd made the short films ''Together and ...

(born 1959), Canadian screenwriter and director * Laurie Scott (footballer) (1917–1999), English footballer *

Laurie Scott (ice hockey) Lawrence Young Scott (June 19, 1896 – February 15, 1977) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player from South River, Ontario who played 62 games in the National Hockey League and 106 games in the Western Canada Hockey League between 1922 a ...

(1896–1977), Canadian ice hockey player *

Laurie Spina Laurie Joseph Spina (born 21 May 1963) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and rugby league commentator. In 1995, Spina was the inaugural captain of the North Queensland Cowboys. Background Born in Ingham, Queensland, ...

(born 1963), Australian former rugby league footballer * Laurie Taylor (disambiguation) * Laurie Walker (footballer), (born 1989), English football goalkeeper *

Laurie Williams (cricketer) Laurie Rohan Williams (12 December 1968 – 8 September 2002) was a West Indian cricketer. Williams was 33 years old when he died; a car he was driving crashed into an oncoming bus. Williams made his first-class debut for Jamaica in February ...

(1968–2002), West Indian cricketer

Fictional characters

Laurie Forman This is a list of characters appearing in the television series ''That '70s Show'' and ''That '90s Show''. Cast table Main characters Eric Forman Portrayed by Topher Grace: The protagonist; Eric is a nice guy, generally nerdy, clumsy, and ac ...

, in the TV show ''That 70s Show'' * The title character of the TV series '' Laurie Hill'' *

Laurie Strode Laurie Strode is a fictional character in the ''Halloween'' franchise by John Carpenter and Debra Hill. She debuted in the original 1978 film as a high school student who becomes targeted by serial killer Michael Myers on Halloween night. La ...

, in the ''Halloween'' film series, played by Jamie Lee Curtis * Laurie Partridge, in the TV series ''

The Partridge Family ''The Partridge Family'' is an American musical sitcom starring Shirley Jones and featuring David Cassidy. Jones plays a widowed mother, and Cassidy plays the oldest of her five children, in a family who embarks on a music career. It ran from Se ...

'', played by Susan Dey * Theodore Lawrence, called Laurie, in the novel ''

Little Women ''Little Women'' is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Alcott wrote the book, originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869, at the request of her publisher. The story follows the lives ...

'' * Laurie, from the animated reality TV show ''

The Ridonculous Race ''Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race'' (also known as ''Total Drama: Ridonculous Race'' or simply ''The Ridonculous Race'') is a Canadian animated reality television series which lampoons the conventions commonly found in reality televisi ...

'' * Laurie, later named Laurie du Salador, in '' Raymond E Feist'' 's ''

The Riftwar Cycle ''The Riftwar Cycle'' is the name given to the series of books authored or co-authored by Raymond E. Feist that revolve around the fantasy worlds of Midkemia and Kelewan. The Riftwar Universe The majority of Feist's works are part of The Riftw ...

'' * Annie Laurie McShane, called Laurie in Betty Smith's novel, '' A Tree Grows in Brooklyn''

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