Laurel Surname Meaning & Origin (Spanish)

Meaning and formation

Laurel comes from the Spanish word for the laurel tree. The Spanish surname was borrowed into Tagalog and Cebuano with the same spelling as the tree name. In Philippine history, Jose P. Laurel bore it as president of the Second Philippine Republic during the Japanese occupation from 1943 to 1945. His son Salvador Laurel later served as vice president of the Philippines. The municipality of Laurel in Batangas was named after Jose P. Laurel, giving the family surname a separate use as a Philippine place name.

Dictionary pronunciation

• Tagalog: /lawˈɾel/ · Wiktionary ↗
• Cebuano: /lawˈɾel/ · Wiktionary ↗
• Spanish: /lauˈɾel/ · Wiktionary ↗

Public figures with this surname

Elected officials in the 2001 list

Laurel has 2 records in the OpenHalalan transcription of the 2001 COMELEC elected-candidate lists.

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Related given-name entries

The given-name catalogue has separate entries with the same spelling. Each page explains its own given-name use and sources.

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