What does Laurence mean?

Laurence means "laurel, bay"

How do we pronounce Laurence?

Laurence \lau-ren-ce, la-ure-nce\ is a boy's name. It consists of 8 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby boy name Laurence is sometimes used as a girl name meaning. Its pronunciation is LAOR-ehNTS or LowRAHNZ 1.

1 Pronunciation for Laurence: L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)"

What is the origin of Laurence?

Laurence is largely used in the English and French languages, and it is derived from Latin origins. The first name is from the Roman byname Laurentius (Latin), which means 'man from Laurentum'; Laurentum refers to a city in Latium which took its name from the Latin 'laurus' (laurel, bay), possibly in reference to a crown of laurel leaves, the symbol for victorious Roman emperors. The name was popularized in the early medieval period by a well-known 3rd century saint who was martyred on a gridiron; he was also one of the seven deacons of Rome. The name was later popularized by Saint Laurence of Canterbury (-619), the second Archbishop of Canterbury. The name fell into disuse after the Middle Ages, but was revived in the 19th century, due to the fame of T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935), the charismatic British soldier and writer involved in the Arab Revolt (1916-1918) and popularly known as 'Lawrence of Arabia'. The 'w' re-spelling is frequent in the USA and Canada. The name name Laura meaning (Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish) is the female equivalent of Laurence. The name Laurence is widely used; it has 88 variants that are used in both English and other languages.

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The following famous people share the name Laurence:

  • Actor Laurence Fishburne, born 30 July 1961, Augusta, Georgia
  • Author Laurence Yep, born 14 June 1948, San Francisco, California.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Laurence:

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The baby name Laurence fun facts:

The name Laurence in reverse order is "Ecnerual".

The numerological value of the name Laurence is number 7, which means analysis, understanding, knowledge, awareness, studious, meditating.

How popular is Laurence?

Laurence is not in the top boy names in USA.