Given name & surname
Laureano
“man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel”
Laureano is a variant of Lawrence. One Latin interpretation is “man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Laureano 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 1930. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Laureano through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 143
- 143 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 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 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 990 as a first name in 2020; 4,794 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.
Laureano’s family of names
Laureano has a related form in Lawrence. In Spanish usage, Laureano has a conventional equivalent in the French form Laurian.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Laureano
- Laureano GómezPresident of Colombia (1889-1965)
- LaureSpanish footballerborn 1985
- Toni VillaSpanish association football playerborn 1995
- Laureano Ruizfootball player and manager from Spainborn 1937
- Laureano Vallenilla LanzVenezuelan politician1870–1936
- Laureano López RodóSpanish politician (1920–2000)
- Laureano FiguerolaSpanish author (1816-1903)
- Laureano de Torres y AyalaCuban politician1645–1722
- Laureano BarrauSpanish artist (1863-1957)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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