Laure History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
France

The origins the old family name Laure can be found within medieval France. While the patronymic and metronymic surnames, which are derived from the name of the father and mother respectively, are the most common form of a hereditary surname in France, occupational surnames also emerged during the late Middle Ages. Many people, such as the Laure family, adopted the name of their occupation as their surname. However, an occupational name did not become a hereditary surname until the office or type of employment became hereditary. The surname Laure was an occupational name for a person who worked at a granary. The name translates literally from the Old French as of the granary.

Early Origins of the Laure family

The surname Laure was first found in Picardy (French: Picardie) in northern France, where the family took their name from Delor, a village in the department of Aisne, in the district of Neufchâtel.

Early History of the Laure family

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Laure Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Delor, De Lor, Delore, Delaur, De Laur, Delaure, Deloret, De Loret, Delauret, De Lauret, Delorey, De Lorey, Delaurey, De Laurey, Loré, Lorée, L'Orée, Laur, Laure, Lauré, Laurée, Loret, Lauret, Lorey, Laurey, Loreillard, Laureillard, Loreilleux, Laureilleux, Loriet, Lauriet, Loriey, Lauriey, Deloriet, Delauriet, Deloriey, Delauriey, Deslor, Délor, Deslaur, Délaur, Desloret, Déloret, Deslauret, Délauret, Deslorey, Délorey, Deslaurey, Délaurey, Desloriet, Déloriet, Deslauriet, Délauriet, Desloriey, Déloriey, Deslauriey and many more.

Early Notables of the Laure family

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Laure Ranking

In France, the name Laure is the 3,935^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 1

Laure migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Laure Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

L Laure, aged 35, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1845 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Laure (post 1700) +

General Auguste-Marie-Emile Laure (1881-1957), French Secretary-General to the Head of State, Vichy (1940-1942) 3
Maurice Lauré, inspector, Neuilly-sur-Seine
André Laure, general engineer, Vaucresson
Laure Monique Pester (b. 1982), professionally known as Lorie, a French singer who has sold over 8 million albums and singles worldwide as of December 2007
Laure Killing (1959-2019), French actress who appeared in more than fifty films from 1986
Laure Thibaud (b. 1978), French bronze medalist synchronized swimmer at the 2004 LEN European Aquatics Championships
Laure Diebold (Diebolt) (1915-1965), high-profile French Resistance during World War II, private secretary of Jean Moulin before being deported to the Nazi camp at Auschwitz, recipient of the Compagnon de la Libération

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, October 6) Auguste-Marie-Emile Laure. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Laure/Auguste-Marie-Emile/France.html