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Name Laurence

Origin:From a Latin word for laurelTools:

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About the name Laurence in particular

Gender:female
Languages of use:French
Topics:Male and female
US 2021 rank:not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:Laurence, Laurance, Laurene, Laurente, Lawrence, Clarence, Laurane, Lauranne, Lauren, Laurens     Details
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About Laurence/Laura, the group of names with the same origin as Laurence

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 Italy 2019,  3:Lars Denmark 2015,  3:Renz Philippines 2011,  6:Lauri Finland/Finnish 2010,  6:Lourenço Portugal 2022,  8:Lovro Slovenia 2020,  10:Lorena Brazil 2020
Somehow related to:Lauris, Loran, Renske
Old/original forms:Laurentia Latin, Laurentius Latin
Name variants:Lara, Laura, Laurane, Lauranne, Laure, Laureen, Laurel, Lauren, Laurence, Laurene, Lauretta, Lauriane, Laurie, Laurine, Laury, Lauryn, Lauryne, Lora, Loreen, Lorella, Loren, Lorena, Lorene, Lorenza, Lorenzina, Loretta, Lori, Loriana, Loriane, Lorie, Lorina, Lorine, Lorrie, Larry, Lars, Lasse, Laurance, Laurence, Laurens, Laurent, Laurente, Laurentiu, Laurenz, Laurenzo, Lauri, Laurids, Laurits, Lauritz, Lauro, Lavrans, Lawrence, Lenz, Loren, Lorenc, Lorenz, Lorenzo, Lorin, Lörinc, Loris, Lourenço, Lovrenc, Lovro, Rens, Renz, Renzo   Sortable list   Details
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Belgium prevalence 2013 61
CanadaGraph2022 243,  2021 193
France prevalence 2011 30
Switzerland 1997 582
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