Quote Originally Posted by Lauratuli
Hi! Could anybody tell me if there is an equivalent in Russian for the name Laura? How would you write it in Russian?
There are no exact equivalents for Western names in Russian, so people traditionally use their 'real' names, which are sometimes slightly adjusted to Russian pronounciation (names with "w", for example, since there is no "w" sound in Russian).

The common spelling for your name is Лаура (lah-oo-rah),
but if you pronounce it as Loh-rah it will be Лора.

The Russian name that is somewhat close to yours is Larisa and short forms from it (Lara, Lora, etc.).