Given name & surname
Laurentius
“man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel”
Laurentius is a variant of Lawrence. One Latin interpretation is “man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Laurentius is a variant of Lawrence. One Latin interpretation is “man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel.”
Explained through its name family
Laurentius’s family of names
In German usage, Laurentius has a short form in Lars. In Latin usage, Laurentius has a later derivative in Lorenzo. Laurentius has a related form in Lawrence.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Laurentius has relatives in 33 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
53 related names in 33 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 58
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Lorenzoderivative · Spanish, Italian
- LaurenceEnglish
- Laurentdescendant · French
- Lauriderivative · izh, Estonian
- Lauranceequivalent
- Lasseequivalent
- Laurentinoequivalent
- LorentzNorwegian
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- LaurensDutch
- Lorentequivalent
- Laurentiuequivalent
- Lavrentiyequivalent
- Лаврінequivalent
- Frenzequivalent
- ЛаврентийRussian
- Laurentijusborrowing · Lithuanian
- Лаврентииderivative · cu
- Лаврентійderivative · Ukrainian
- LaurêncioPortuguese
- Lourençodescendant · Portuguese, roa-opt
- LaurencjuszPolish
- WawrzyniecPolish
- Renësderivative · Albanian
- Laurențiuborrowing · Romanian
- Lavransderivative · Faroese, Norwegian
- Laarsderivative · Faroese
- Vavrinecderivative · Slovak
- Llorençdescendant · Catalan
- Vavřinecderivative · Czech
- Lavrentiequivalent
- Lohrequivalent
- Lavrinequivalent
- LőrincHungarian
- LôrinczHungarian
- LörinezHungarian
- VavřínecCzech
- LorencioSpanish
- LovrencSlovene
- LorensSwedish
- LauritsSwedish
- LabhrainnScottish Gaelic
- Lávrrohašsmi
- Lávrrahašsmi
- Lávrrassmi
- ЛоуренсRussian
- LorentsNorwegian
- LavrantsNorwegian
- LafranzNorwegian
- LourensDutch
- LárentsínusIcelandic
- LabhrásIrish
- ΛαυρέντιοςGreek, Ancient Greek
- LaurentinFrench
- LavritzDanish
- LavritsDanish
- LavridsDanish
- LaurentzDanish
- LauridsDanish
People named Laurentius
- Laurence of Canterburysecond Archbishop of Canterbury550–619
- Laurentius PetriSwedish clergyman1499–1573
- Laurentius AndreaeSwedish clergyman1470–1552
- Laurentius Petri GothusSwedish bishop1529–1579
- Laurentius BlumentrostRussian court physician and founder and first president of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences1692–1755
- Laurentius SuriusGerman hagiographer1522–1578
- Laurentius Paulinus GothusSwedish astronomer and archbishop (1565-1646)
- Laurentius AbstemiusItalian writer and humanist1440–1506
- Laurentius NicolaiJesuit1538–1622
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