| English | bay | | | 1 | Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). |
| English | bay laurel | | | 1 | Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2 |
| English | bay-leaf laurel | | | 1 | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
| English | Grecian laurel | | | 1 | Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505 |
| English | laurel | | | 1 | Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. |
| English | sweet bay | | | 1 | Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. |
| French | laurier | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| German | Lorbeerbaum | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| German | Lorbeerstrauch | | | 2 | Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names |
| Japanese Rōmaji | gekkeiju | | | 2 | Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan. |
| Portuguese | loureiro | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Portuguese | louro | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | louro-comum | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | louro-de-apolônio | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | louro-europeu | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Swedish | lager | | | 2 | Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) |
| Transcribed Chinese | yue gui | | | 2 | Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). |