Given name & surname
Wawrzyn
Wawrzyn is a masculine given name from Medieval Latin. It is used in Polish.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Medieval Latin laurīnus, built from Latin laurus (“laurel”) + -īnus.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wawrzyn’s family of names
In Polish usage, Wawrzyn has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Λαυρέντιος.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
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