Given name & surname
Lorentz
“man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel”
Lorentz is a variant of Lawrence. One Latin interpretation is “man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lorentz 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.
From dated birth records
Lorentz through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 23
- 23 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 7 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 1934. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,451 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.
Lorentz’s family of names
Lorentz has a related form in Lawrence. In German usage, Lorentz has a related form in Lorenz. In Norwegian usage, Lorentz has a conventional equivalent in the German form Laurentius.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lorentz
- Lorentz CreutzSwedish baron, county governor and admiral-general (1615-1676)
- Lorentz DietrichsonNorwegian author and art historian (1834–1917)
- Lorentz EichstadtGerman astronomer, physician, and calendar maker (1596–1660)
- Lorentz LossiusGerman engineer1589–1654
- Lorentz EldjarnNorwegian scientist1920–2007
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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