Laure

Laure is a French feminine name derived from the Latin laurus, meaning laurel tree, a plant associated in classical antiquity with victory, honor, and poetic achievement. It is the French short form of the fuller name Laure-Anne or, more broadly, a vernacular equivalent of Laura, which became widely known through the Italian poet Petrarch's celebrated muse of that name in the fourteenth century. The name exists across European languages in related forms including Laura, Laurel, Lorena, and Loretta.