Name info: About the name Laurence in particular | |
Group info: 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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