Laura

[Anonymous]

How do you pronounce this name?

LORE-a or LAW-ra?

[Anonymous]

Lore-a. I am an early GenX and went to school with many Lauras. They all pronounce their name Lore-a. Actually, many of them went by Lori but you get the idea.

[Anonymous]

Lore-a

I would pronounce Lara Law-ra

[Anonymous]

This is not going to make any sense, but somewhere in between.

I feel like "LAH-ra" is a different name -- Lara.

And "LORE-ah" is a little harsh. So I think I say it a little softer, with a little "ah" sound.

I do love this name.

[Anonymous]

Americans would pronounce this Lore-a. the other way if you're not american

[Anonymous]

It's my sister's name and pronounced Law-ra like Lauren

[Anonymous]

Lar (like Larlo)- uh (like up)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's my sister's name and pronounced Law-ra like Lauren

Huh. To me Lauren is LOR-en, not LAW-ren. Knew lots of them growing up and that's how they all pronounced it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is not going to make any sense, but somewhere in between.

I feel like "LAH-ra" is a different name -- Lara.

And "LORE-ah" is a little harsh. So I think I say it a little softer, with a little "ah" sound.

I do love this name.

I have a Lara (Lah-ra) and except for East Europeans everyone says either Lore-ah or Law-rah.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's my sister's name and pronounced Law-ra like Lauren

Huh. To me Lauren is LOR-en, not LAW-ren. Knew lots of them growing up and that's how they all pronounced it.

I think it must be regional. My mother is British and we grew up in the south.

[Anonymous]

Also it's not as heavily pronounced as LAW ra- it's softer. It's also fairly common, except in the tristate, to pronounce it saying the lau with the au as aw. If the name is Lora, spell it that way.

[Anonymous]

That sound varies regionally. In some places it’s distinct from Lara, in others not.

[Anonymous]

My sister is a Laura. We all say her name "Lore-uh"

[Anonymous]

Either way.

[Anonymous]

Lah rah