Given name & surname
Laurenz
“man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel”
Laurenz is a variant of Lawrence. One Latin interpretation is “man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel.”
Original LatinLaurentius
Meaning & origin
What it means
Laurenz 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 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Laurenz through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28
- 28 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 8 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 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 101 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Laurenz’s family of names
In German usage, Laurenz shares a linguistic root with the Finnish form Lauri. Laurenz has a related form in Lawrence. In German usage, Laurenz has a conventional equivalent in the French form Laurent.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Laurenz has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Laurenz comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Laurenz
- Laurenz RexBelgian cyclistborn 1999
- Laurenz MeyerGerman politicianborn 1948
- Laurenz MefferdatisGerman builder and architect (1677–1748)
- Laurenz JanschaAustrian painter (1749-1812)
- Laurenz Matthias VincenzSwiss priest (1874-1941)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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