Laurits vs Lyder
Laurits and Lydercompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
Norway · Boys
In 2025, Laurits was ranked #283 and Lyder #381 among boys in Norway.
Laurits and Lyder over time
Laurits and Lyder appear together in 1 published list, across 22 years of shared records. Laurits held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Lyder in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Lyder reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Laurits in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Laurits and Lyder changed places 4 times in Norway · Boys between 1947 and 2025, ending at #283 and #381.
List by list
Norway · Boys22 shared years, 1947–2025
Laurits held the stronger position in 18 of those years, Lyder in 4.
Highest recorded here: Laurits #263 in 2023, Lyder #265 in 2017.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Laurits #283, Lyder #381.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Laurits | Lyder |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | male | male |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #283 (2025) | Norway · Boys #381 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Laurits and Lyder both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Laurits
Popularity journey
First recorded1947
First recorded at #320 among boys in Norway in 1947 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1947–2025
Highest recorded position: #263 among boys in Norway, in 2023 (recorded 1947–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #283 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys
Lyder
Popularity journey
First recorded1946
First recorded at #317 among boys in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1946–2025
Highest recorded position: #265 among boys in Norway, in 2017 (recorded 1946–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #381 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys