Given name & surname · also Old Czech
Vavřinec
“laurel”
Vavřinec is used as a given name and a surname. Vavřinec is connected with Laurence.
Original LatinLaurentius
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Vavřinec comes from Old Czech, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Czech use, Vavřinec is used as a form of Laurence.
The story
Vavřinec is a form of Laurence. The history of Laurence gives this family its wider story. Laurence was in use during the Middle Ages.
Explained through its name family
Vavřinec’s family of names
Vavřinec has a short form in Vavro. Vavřinec shares a linguistic root with Laurence. In Czech usage, Vavřinec has a conventional equivalent in the English form Lawrence.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Vavřinec has relatives in 13 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Vavřinec comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Vavřinec
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