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Pronunciation
  
/ˈlɒ.rəns/ LO-rənss

Language(s)
  
English; French

Word/name
  
Laurentius

Gender
  
Masculine and feminine

Language(s)
  
Latin

Meaning
  
"man from Laurentum"

Laurence is an English and French given name. The English masculine name originates from a French form of the Latin Laurentius, a name meaning "man from Laurentum". It is possible, although unlikely, that the name of Laurentum is derived from the Latin laurus ("laurel").

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The French feminine name is a form of the masculine Laurent, which is derived from the Latin name.

Given name

  • Laurence Neil Creme, known professionally as Lol Creme, British musician
  • Laurence Fishburne, American actor
  • Laurence S. Geller, British-born, US-based real estate investor.
  • Laurence Ginnell, Irish politician
  • Laurence Godfrey (archer), British athlete
  • Laurence Godfrey (physics lecturer), regular and controversial contributor to the Usenet newsgroups 'soc.culture.British' and 'soc.culture.Canada'
  • Laurence Golborne, Chilean mining and energy minister
  • Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-born actor
  • Laurence "Laurie" Lee (1914–1997), British poet and novelist
  • Laurence McKeown, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
  • Laurence Myers (1858–99), American world-record-setting runner
  • Laurence Olivier (1907–1989), British actor and director
  • Laurence Owen, American figure skater
  • Laurence J. Rittenband (1905–1993), American judge
  • Laurence Rochat, Swiss cross-country skier who has competed since 1996
  • Laurence Andrew Tolhurst, known professionally as Lol Tolhurst, British musician
  • Laurence Tribe, American professor of constitutional law
  • Laurence Tureaud, American actor, motivational speaker, wrestler, humanitarian, and bodyguard
  • St Laurence O'Toole, or Lorcán Ua Tuathail, Irish Roman Catholic Saint
  • Laurence of Canterbury, the second Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Laurence Tubiana, French Ambassador responsible for COP21

    • Variants of Laurence

  • Labhrás, Lorcán (Irish)
  • Laur (Estonian)
  • Laurens (Dutch)
  • Lauri (Estonian, Finnish)
  • Laurits (Danish, Estonian, German)
  • Lárus (Icelandic)
  • Laurent (French)
  • Lauritz (Danish/Norwegian)
  • Лаврентий (Lavrentiy, Russian)
  • Лаврентiй (Lavrentiy, Ukrainian)
  • Λαυρεντιος (Lavrentios, Greek)
  • Lawrence (English)
  • Loran, Loren (Turkish)
  • Lorens (Scandinavian)
  • Lorentz, Lorenz, Lenz (German)
  • Lorenzo (Italian, Spanish)
  • Լորիս (Loris, Armenian)
  • Lourenzo (Galician)
  • Lourenço (Portuguese)
  • Lourens (Afrikaans)
  • Lőrinc (Hungarian)
  • Laurenţiu (Romanian)
  • Laurynas (Lithuanian)
  • Llorenç (Catalan)
  • Vavřinec (Czech)
  • Wawrzyniec (Polish)
  • Lovro (Croatian)

    • Surname

  • Elizabeth Laurence (born 1949), English classical mezzo-soprano singer
  • French Laurence (1757–1809), English lawyer and politician, brother of Richard
  • John Zachariah Laurence (1829–70), English ophthalmologist
  • Richard Laurence (1760–1838), English Hebraist and Anglican churchman, brother of French
  • Stephen Laurence (born before 1998), American philosopher
  • William L. Laurence (1888–1977), Lithuanian-American science journalist for The New York Times (1930–64)

    • References

    Laurence Wikipedia
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