http://www.behindthename.com/
that's a pretty good site for first name meanings. this is what it says about my name:
LAURA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Hungarian, Polish
Pronounced: LOR-a, LAWR-a, LOW-rah (Spanish, Italian)
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Laurus, which meant "laurel". In ancient Rome the leaves of laurel trees were used to create victors' garlands. Saint Laura was a 9th-century Spanish martyr, a nun who was thrown into a vat of molten lead by the Moors. Another famous bearer was Laura Secord, a Canadian heroine during the War of 1812.
Jam it back in, in the dark.