Given name & surname
Larance
“man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel”
Larance is a variant of Lawrence. One Latin interpretation is “man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Larance is a variant of Lawrence. One Latin interpretation is “man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Larance through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 171
- 171 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1997. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 131 as a first name in 2020; 356 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Larance’s family of names
Larance has a related form in Lawrence.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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