Given name & surname
Laurent
“a graceful woman”
Laurent is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “a graceful woman.”
Original FrenchLolo
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “a graceful woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
How it developed
In French use, Laurent is used as a form of Laurence.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Laurent is a form of 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
Laurent through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,014
- 1,994 boys · 20 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #6,024 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +61%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,024 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 52.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 39 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,982 as a first name in 2020; 6,684 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.
Laurent’s family of names
In French usage, Laurent has a diminutive in LOLO. Laurent shares a linguistic root with Laurence. In French usage, Laurent has a conventional equivalent in the English form Larry.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Laurent has relatives in 37 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 42
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Laurencefeminine form · French, English
- LorenzoItalian, Spanish
- LarryEnglish
- LarsSwedish, Norwegian
- LauriFinnish, Estonian
- Lasseequivalent
- Lauranceequivalent
- Laurentinoequivalent
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- LaurensDutch
- LaurisLatvian
- LaurenzGerman
- ЛаврентийRussian
- Лоранborrowing · Russian
- Lorintcognate · Walloon
- ΛαυρέντιοςGreek
- LaurêncioPortuguese
- LourençoPortuguese
- Laurentiusolder form · German, Latin
- VavřinecCzech
- Laurentzequivalent
- Laurencjuszequivalent
- Lorientequivalent
- ЛаврентійUkrainian
- LovrencSlovene
- VavrinecSlovak
- LaurenziuSicilian
- LaurenzuSicilian
- ЛовроSerbian
- LaurențiuRomanian
- WawrzyniecPolish
- LaurysManx
- Lorotlorrain
- LaurynasLithuanian
- LárusIcelandic
- LőrincHungarian
- LourenzoGalician
- LaŭrencoEsperanto
- LovroCroatian
- LurenzuCorsican
- LlorençCatalan
- LaorañsBreton
- ԼորիսArmenian
People named Laurent
- Laurent Gbagbo4th President of Ivory Coastborn 1945
- Laurent-Désiré Kabilaformer President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1939-2001)
- Laurent Fabius87th Prime Minister of France (born 1946)
- Laurent BlancFrench football managerborn 1965
- Laurent KoscielnyFrench footballer (born 1985)
- Laurent SchwartzFrench mathematician (1915-2002)
- Laurent FignonFrench professional road bicycle racer (1960–2010)
- Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of UrbinoItalian noble (1492-1519)
- Laurent CimanBelgian association football playerborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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