| Group info: | | Language of origin: | Latin |
| Info about origin, male: | from the ancient Roman cognomen Laurentius, which means the one from Laurentum, with Laurentum a city in Italy |
| | later the name was assumed to derive from laurus (laurel) and to mean the one crowned with laurel with the crown made of laurel as the symbol of victory |
| Words: | laurus = the laurel Latin |
| Topics: | Geographic name |
| Variants' top ranks: | 1:Laura Switzerland 1997, 1:Lara Switzerland/German 2009, 2:Lauren England+Wales 1994, 3:Lorenzo Uruguay 2024, 3:Lars Denmark 2015, 3:Renz Philippines 2011, 4:Lourenço Portugal 2023, 6:Lauri Finland/Finnish 2010, 6:Lovro Slovenia 2023, 10:Lorena Brazil official 2020 |
| Somehow related to: | Lauris, Loran, Renske |
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| Name variants: All variants, grouped by language of use | | Language | Female Variants | Male Variants |
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| German | Lara, Laura, Lauretta, Lorina | Laurenz, Lauritz, Lenz, Lorenz |
| French | Laurane, Lauranne, Laure, Laurence, Lauriane, Laurine, Laury, Lauryne, Loriane, Lorie, Lorine | Laurent |
| Portuguese | Laura | Lourenço |
| Dutch | | Laurens, Rens |
| Scandinavian | | Lars, Lasse, Laurens, Laurids, Laurits, Lavrans |
| Spanish | Laura | Lorenzo |
| Italian | Laura, Lauretta, Lorella, Lorena, Lorenza, Lorenzina, Loriana | Laurente, Laurenzo, Lauro, Lorenzo, Loris, Renzo |
| English | Laura, Laureen, Laurel, Lauren, Laurene, Laurie, Laurine, Lauryn, Lora, Loreen, Loren, Lorene, Loretta, Lori, Lorrie | Larry, Laurance, Laurence, Lawrence, Loren, Lorin, Renz |
| Finnish | | Lauri |
| Slovenian | | Lovrenc, Lovro |
| Albanian | | Lorenc |
| Romanian | | Laurentiu |
| Hungarian | Laura | Lörinc |
| Russian | Lara | |
| Latin | Laurentia | Laurentius |
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| Name variants: 34 female and 33 male name variants, sorted by name and gender |
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