Gender: M
Origin: Latin
Meaning: "from Laurentium"
Popularity in 2008: #427
Has survived from Roman times, when Laurentium was a city noted for its laurel trees. In the Top 50 from the 1890s through the 1950s and the Top 100 for decades longer, but now used less for babies than Landon or Lorenzo. Nickname Lauro perks it up.
International Variations:
Lauritz,
Lorenz
(Danish)
Laurens
(Dutch)
Lauri
(Finnish)
Laurent
(French)
Lorenz
(German)
Lenci,
Lorant,
Lornic
(Hungarian)
Lorcan,
Lochlann,
Labhras
(Irish)
Renzo
(Italian)
Lavrik,
Larka,
Labrentsis,
Lavr,
Labrencis,
Larya,
Lavro,
Brencis
(Latvian)
Inek,
Lorenz
(Polish)
Lorenco,
Laudalino,
Laurencho,
Lourenco
(Portuguese)
Laurencio,
Lorenzo
(Spanish)
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Rank in US Top 1000