Given name & surname
Laurens
“man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel”
Laurens is a variant of Lawrence. One Latin interpretation is “man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel.”
Original FrenchLaurent
Meaning & origin
What it means
Laurens 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 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In German use, Laurens has a related form in Laurence. The history of Laurence gives this family its wider story. Laurence was in use during the Middle Ages.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Laurens through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 150
- 150 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1942
- 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 6 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1942. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 360 as a first name in 2020; 403 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.
Laurens’s family of names
Laurens shares a linguistic root with Laurence. Laurens has a related form in Lawrence. In German usage, Laurens has a related form in Laurence.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Laurens has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
Frenchwhere Laurens comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Laurens
- Laurens HammondAmerican inventor (1895–1973)
- Laurens van der PostSouth African writer (1906–1996)
- Laurens De PlusBelgian cyclistborn 1995
- Laurens ten DamDutch road racing cyclistborn 1980
- Laurens De BockBelgian association football playerborn 1992
- Larry LaudanAmerican philosopher (1941–2022)
- Laurens Janszoon CosterDutch purported inventor of printing press (1405-1484)1370–1440
- Lau MulderDutch field hockey player (1927-2006)
- Laurens VanthoorBelgian racing driverborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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