English Wiktionary account
Source-reportedMeaning: “friend”
Variant of Lauge.
Sources for this account (2)
- Wiktionary: LauCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Wiktionary: LaugeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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A name. A world of connections.
“friend”
No sourced pronunciation yet
01 / Meaning & origin
Lau is a unisex given name documented in Danish and Sediq. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it. It is a form of Lauge, for which English Wiktionary gives the meaning “friend”.
Separate records with matching spellings: Lau (Danish)
Meaning: “friend”
Variant of Lauge.
02 / Across borders
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03 / By the numbers
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2025 Spelling: LAU
Recorded category male
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Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística · Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | People | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 96 | 8,511 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “LAU” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure people. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Released 2026-04-23 · Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
