Laurie for a boy??

[SavannahMayfield]

Opinions on Laurie for a boy. I love the name but not a massive fan of Lawrence so it would have to be his name and not a nickname!

I mean he was called Laura a lot

I love it!

I taught a lovely Laurie years ago. I like it very much.

My youngest is Laurence normally called Laurie but often called Lol. Like someone else in the thread said, I named him after the character in Little Women. My husband registered the birth and he came back with the middle name Barry!!!

Really like it 😊

I love it, it reminds me of Little Women (which is a good thing!). Would need to be short for Laurence/Lawrence though imo, or Laurent or Lorens or Lorenzo perhaps.

DS is Lawrence. I liked Laurence nn Laurie but DH is American and was adamant that Laurie is a girls’ name in the USA.

Laurie in Little Women is Theodore Laurence, which is why Jo calls him Teddy. There’s a nice moment early on when he explains that he made his school friends use Laurie because they had until then been calling him Dora.

Lovely name

I’ve always loved it ever since reading Little Women as a child. Husband vetoed it when naming our son.

I have a Laurence.Everyone calls him Laurie. He really likes his name and I love it . He is nearly 21 . Great name .

I'm an Infant teacher and have taught a couple of Lawrences over the last few years, both really lovely boys so I have positive associations. One of them is sometimes known as Larry.

I have a great Uncle called Laurie (Lawrence) Carr!
I like Laurie but would probably put Laurence on the birth certificate.

Love it. Considered it for both of mine. I am normally really anti nickname names, but am mellowing in my old age and this is one of my favourites.

I really like it, but only as short for Laurence.

For a boy, Lawrence or Laurent are great names.

Laurence is the feminine form of Laurent. Like Florence is for Florent.

@Poppydaisys

For a boy, Lawrence or Laurent are great names.

Laurence is the feminine form of Laurent. Like Florence is for Florent.

As mentioned upthread, Laurence has been used as a male name in England for the best part of two thousand years. Unless you are French or anticipate spending a lot of time in francophone countries I don't see why you would twist yourself in knots to fit with French naming conventions, which have their own quirks: Florence and Laurence are girls, but Maxence is a boy. Fabienne is a girl, but Etienne is a boy.

I wonder if there are parents on French name sites telling each other to avoid Laurence because it is a boys' name in anglophone countries. What would be so awful about giving a boy a very slightly feminine name?

I much prefer the spelling Laurence for a first name, but that's not much help to you if you don't like it. If you really want to go with just Laurie (which I have definitely seen for boys and the only female one I've ever met would probably be about 56 by now), then maybe you could use a more traditional, unambiguously masculine name as a middle name just in case he ever fancied a change.

I know a Laurie in his 50s. I’m not even sure if he is Laurence but he has always been known as Laurie.

I have a Laurie - it's Laurence on his birth certificate. He is early teens now and loves being called Laurie - has never wanted to use his full name!

It's still uncommon but I now know a few smaller boys called Laurie so may be becoming more popular?

Really like it!

Laurie looks and sounds feminine to me.

Cute! Really like it

Really like it!

Love it! Laurie is a great name.

I love Laurie - and Laurence.