Lauren
Lauren grows from the Latin Laurentius, tied to Laurentum, a town where laurel grew: the name carries the victor's laurel wreath. In Poland it stays rare, an English import most Poles have never met in person, and it keeps no Polish short form.
Lauren Pronunciation
Lauren is pronounced lah-OO-ren (/laˈurɛn/).
What Lauren means
Where Lauren comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Lauren comes from Latin, from the name Laurentius, which pointed to Laurentum, a town whose fields grew thick with laurel. The tree gave the name its short meaning: laurel, and by extension the wreath once set on the heads of victors and poets. To carry it is to be crowned, at least in sense, with that green. The root is the laurel.
The form settled in the English-speaking world, where it became a woman's name across the last century. Lauren Bacall, born Betty Joan Perske, took it as her screen name in the 1940s, and her films carried it to a wide audience. That is how a Latin place-name reached a Polish class register.
Lauren keeps no standard Polish diminutive. On an official form at the urząd it stands alone, unshortened, close to the Latin word for laurel.
How many people are named Lauren
1 in 122521 women in Poland is named Lauren. 196 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2256 among female names.
Lauren's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Lauren as a middle name
Lauren is a first name for 196 women in Poland and a middle name for another 80, a 71/29 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 738th, between Irmgard (80) and Nikoleta (80).
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#736 Franziska80
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#737 Irmgard80
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#738 Lauren80
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#739 Nikoleta80
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#740 Sylwina80