50%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage English Pronounced Pron. LAWR-een [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Probably a variant of Loren or Lorena 2. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantsLauren, Lauryn, Loreen, Loren, Lorena, Lorin, Lorine, Laryn, Laurena, LorrinDiminutivesLori, Lorie, Lorinda, Lorri, Lorrie, LaurindaMasculine FormsLauren, Laurence, LawrenceOther Languages & CulturesLaurentia(Ancient Roman) Laurence(French) Lorenza, Renza(Italian) Lorenza(Spanish) PopularityDetails Last ranked #478 in 2004 France Last ranked #870 in 1970 United States Categories authors, civil rights, currently out of the US top 1000, directors, educators, models, Octavia E. Butler characters