Meaning: From the Laramie River and city in Wyoming; named for French-Canadian trapper Jacques La Ramée, whose surname is of uncertain etymologyMedium
In 30 seconds: A Wyoming place name derived from French-Canadian trapper Jacques La Ramée (died c.1820), whose surname gave his name to a river, mountains, and city. As a given name it evokes the wide-open American West.
Laramie takes its name from Jacques La Ramée, a French-Canadian fur trapper who worked the region around 1820. The Laramie River was named after him, then the surrounding mountains, county, and city. The etymology of La Ramée's own surname is unclear.
Laramie has appeared as a given name in the U.S. primarily from the 2000s onward, part of the Western place-name trend. It ranked #1089 for girls in 2024.
Did you know? Jacques La Ramée disappeared during a beaver-trapping expedition around 1820 — no one knows exactly what happened to him, yet his name now marks a river, mountain range, county, city, and university in Wyoming.
Overall data confidence 75%
U.S. Social Security Administration — popularity data
Variations
LarameeLaremy
Nicknames
LaraLariMie
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Laramie is a Wyoming place name derived from French-Canadian trapper Jacques La Ramée, who disappeared around 1820. The surname's etymology is uncertain.
How do you pronounce Laramie?
It's said LAIR-uh-mee — three syllables, stress on the first.
Is Laramie a boy or girl name?
Laramie appears primarily in girls' data in recent U.S. charts.
