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