Lawrence - Name Meaning, Origin and History


Name:
Lawrence
Pronunciation:
/ˈlɔːrəns/
Gender:
Male
Origin:
Latin
Religion:
Christian
Meaning:
From Laurentum, meaning "crowned with laurel
Variations:
Laurence;Lorenzo;Larry;Laurie;Lars;Lauritz;Loren
The name Lawrence originates from the Latin Laurentius, derived from Laurentum, an ancient Roman city whose name means "crowned with laurel." This name has been used in various forms across Europe, often associated with Saint Lawrence, a Christian martyr from the 3rd century, whose feast day is celebrated on August 10th. The name gained popularity in England following the Norman Conquest and has been borne by several notable figures, including Lawrence of Arabia (T.E. Lawrence), a British archaeologist and military officer known for his role in the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Lawrence is predominantly a male name, though variations like Laurie can be unisex. In the United States, the name's popularity peaked in the early 20th century and has since declined but remains in use. Regionally, Lawrence is more common in English-speaking countries but has variants like Lorenzo in Spanish-speaking regions. Sibling names might include traditional names like Elizabeth or Michael. Individuals named Lawrence are often described as intelligent, determined, and charismatic.

Popularity of The Name Lawrence

Lawrence was most popular in the early 20th century in the United States, ranking within the top 100 names. It has since declined but remains in use. The name is more common in English-speaking countries, with variations like Lorenzo popular in Spanish-speaking regions.

Famous People Named Lawrence

T.E. Lawrence
Lawrence of Arabia, British archaeologist and military officer
Lawrence Olivier
British actor and director
Lawrence Welk
American musician and bandleader
Lawrence Krauss
American physicist and author
Lawrence Taylor
American football player

Interesting Facts About the Name Lawrence

Most common surname :
Smith, Johnson, Williams
Most common spouse name :
Elizabeth, Mary, Susan
Most common child name :
Michael, David, Sarah
Peak birth year :
In the U.S.: 1914
Characteristics :
Intelligent, determined, charismatic
Professional orientation :
Often found in fields like science, arts, and sports
Historical significance :
Associated with Saint Lawrence, a Christian martyr
Pop culture significance :
Featured in films like "Lawrence of Arabia"
Linguistic origin :
Derived from Latin Laurentius, meaning "crowned with laurel

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The most popular genealogy profiles named Lawrence

Lawrence Smith Lawrence Johnson Lawrence Murphy Lawrence Brown
Lawrence Williams Lawrence Doyle Lawrence Wilson Lawrence Ryan
Lawrence Kennedy Lawrence Kelly Lawrence Sullivan Lawrence Miller
Lawrence White Lawrence Thompson Lawrence Baird Lawrence Moore
Lawrence Anderson Lawrence Roy Lawrence Taylor Lawrence Burns
Lawrence Jones Lawrence Davis Lawrence Carroll Lawrence Power
Lawrence Martin Lawrence Lynch Lawrence Lee Lawrence Scott
Lawrence Cote Lawrence King Lawrence McDonald Lawrence Baker
Lawrence Lavoie Lawrence Farrell Lawrence O-Neil Lawrence O-Brien
Lawrence Hall Lawrence Egan Lawrence Hunter Lawrence Howard
Lawrence Hill Lawrence Thomas Lawrence Lewis Lawrence Grant
Lawrence Harris Lawrence Levesque Lawrence Murray Lawrence Jackson
Lawrence Young Lawrence Simpson Lawrence O-Connor Lawrence Tremblay
Lawrence Wood Lawrence Girard Lawrence Monaco Lawrence Campbell
Lawrence Brennan Lawrence Delaney Lawrence Schryer Lawrence Reid
Lawrence Fisher Lawrence Roberts Lawrence Parker Lawrence Russell
Lawrence Clark Lawrence Sweeney Lawrence Turner Lawrence Hebert
Lawrence Henry Lawrence Allen Lawrence Hayes Lawrence Cook
Lawrence Gaffney Lawrence McGrath Lawrence Collins Lawrence Riley
Lawrence Gagnon Lawrence Dunn Lawrence Morris Lawrence Byrne
Lawrence Mooney Lawrence Rooney Lawrence Griffin Lawrence Crocker
Lawrence Levine Lawrence Ross Lawrence Bailey Lawrence Mason
Lawrence Fox Lawrence Stevens Lawrence Powell Lawrence Gordon
Lawrence James Lawrence Hofner Lawrence Larry Lawrence Lalonde
Lawrence Adams Lawrence Perry Lawrence Buckley Lawrence Ellis
Lawrence Walsh Lawrence Bennett Lawrence Marshall Lawrence Norton
Lawrence Poulin Lawrence Gauthier Lawrence Foley Lawrence Gorman
Lawrence Connolly Lawrence Leonard Lawrence Flynn Lawrence Landry
Lawrence Stephens Lawrence Walker Lawrence Higgins Lawrence Evans
Lawrence Freeman Lawrence Macdonald Lawrence Mitchell Lawrence Shaw
Lawrence Beyer Lawrence Harrison Lawrence Beaulieu Lawrence Gallagher
Lawrence Robinson Lawrence Stewart Lawrence Ward Lawrence Morin
Lawrence Albert Lawrence McMahon Lawrence Cannon Lawrence Gray
Lawrence Hickey Lawrence Maloney Lawrence Keighan Lawrence St-Pierre
Lawrence Coughlin Lawrence Prestupa Lawrence Crowe Lawrence Morrison
Lawrence Bergeron Lawrence Renaud Lawrence Fitzmaurice Lawrence Gallant
Lawrence Cameron Lawrence Peterson Lawrence Nelson Lawrence Weir
Lawrence Wilcox Lawrence Rose Lawrence Wright Lawrence Benjamin
Lawrence Cooper Lawrence Cassidy Lawrence Michaud Lawrence Lane
Lawrence Lyons Lawrence Ouellette Lawrence Raymond Lawrence Stone
Lawrence Fitzmorris Lawrence Paquette Lawrence Butler Lawrence Fraser
Lawrence Fitzpatrick Lawrence Malone Lawrence Corcoran Lawrence Lapointe
Lawrence Broderick Lawrence Sallas Lawrence Zeleny Lawrence Dupuis
Lawrence Gamble Lawrence Chartrand Lawrence May Lawrence Holmes
Lawrence Neifer Lawrence Bates Lawrence Harvey Lawrence Henderson
Lawrence Lord Lawrence Wade Lawrence Deutsch Lawrence Friedman
Lawrence Larson Lawrence Orr Lawrence Robbins Lawrence Schwartz
Lawrence Craig Lawrence Darby Lawrence Hamilton Lawrence Hughes
Lawrence Powers Lawrence Ray Lawrence Best Lawrence Dunbar
Lawrence Gardner Lawrence Peters Lawrence Feldman Lawrence Germain
Lawrence Goldberg Lawrence Belanger Lawrence Chamberlain Lawrence Chevrier
Lawrence Whelan Lawrence Pearson Lawrence Berry Lawrence Cummings
Lawrence Diamond Lawrence Hunt Lawrence Jenkins Lawrence Patterson
Lawrence Richard Lawrence Bryant Lawrence Church Lawrence Green
Lawrence Burke Lawrence Ferguson Lawrence Ford Lawrence Lambert
Lawrence Langlois Lawrence Fournier Lawrence Lafleur Lawrence Nadeau
Lawrence McCarthy Lawrence Bean Lawrence McGuire Lawrence Newton
Lawrence Silverson Lawrence Bentley Lawrence Maguire Lawrence Robertson
Lawrence Blake Lawrence Conroy Lawrence Corrigan Lawrence Cosgrove
Lawrence Desrosiers Lawrence Nolan Lawrence McGee Lawrence Bradley
Lawrence Reaume Lawrence Wozney Lawrence Jablonski Lawrence Marks
Lawrence Bauer Lawrence Carter Lawrence Knight Lawrence Daley
Lawrence Joseph Lawrence Carpenter Lawrence Godin Lawrence Graham
Lawrence Hanigan Lawrence Daniels Lawrence Davidson Lawrence Edwards
Lawrence Fortier Lawrence Gibson Lawrence Kane Lawrence Myers
Lawrence Payne Lawrence Burton Lawrence Abrams Lawrence Benson
Lawrence Epstein Lawrence Franklin Lawrence Goodman Lawrence Hammond
Lawrence Heath Lawrence Katz Lawrence Mandeville Lawrence Paner
Lawrence Porcelli Lawrence Schermerhorn Lawrence Scherr Lawrence Snyder
Lawrence Bernard Lawrence Costello Lawrence Douglas Lawrence Downing
Lawrence Dwyer Lawrence Gilbert Lawrence Marchand Lawrence Parent
Lawrence Perreault Lawrence Walton Lawrence Wilkinson Lawrence Reed
Lawrence Weber Lawrence Brophy Lawrence Brunet Lawrence Caron
Lawrence Duggan Lawrence Fortin Lawrence Gagne Lawrence McCoy
Lawrence Paradis Lawrence Sargent Lawrence Simard Lawrence Keane
Lawrence Cole Lawrence Jensen Lawrence Redmond Lawrence Snow
Lawrence Wells Lawrence Hagarty Lawrence O-Toole Lawrence Reilly
Lawrence Welch Lawrence Behan Lawrence Bouchard Lawrence Cavanaugh
Lawrence Cody Lawrence Gosselin Lawrence Lavigne Lawrence MC-Mahon
Lawrence McNally Lawrence O-Leary Lawrence Primeau Lawrence Sloan
Lawrence Travers Lawrence Turcotte Lawrence Johnstone Lawrence Bilodeau
Lawrence Casey Lawrence Quesnel Lawrence Villeneuve Lawrence Ouimet
Lawrence Richer Lawrence Sexton Lawrence Shepherd Lawrence Arseneault
Lawrence Cousineau Lawrence Driscoll Lawrence Greenland Lawrence Larocque
Lawrence MC-Guire Lawrence McRae Lawrence O-Connell Lawrence Parsons
Lawrence Shattuck Lawrence Rolfe Lawrence Tallon Lawrence Bishop
Lawrence Callaghan Lawrence Cleary Lawrence Croteau Lawrence Deslauriers
Lawrence Duval Lawrence Garrigan Lawrence Gibbons Lawrence Greer
Lawrence Guilbert Lawrence Joly Lawrence Laroche Lawrence Lavallee
Lawrence Meehan Lawrence Monroe Lawrence Quigley Lawrence St-Cyr
Lawrence Stafford Lawrence Theriault Lawrence Tighe Lawrence Vincent

The most popular genealogy profiles named Lawrence

Lawrence Smith Lawrence Johnson
Lawrence Murphy Lawrence Brown
Lawrence Williams Lawrence Doyle
Lawrence Wilson Lawrence Ryan
Lawrence Kennedy Lawrence Kelly
Lawrence Sullivan Lawrence Miller
Lawrence White Lawrence Thompson
Lawrence Baird Lawrence Moore
Lawrence Anderson Lawrence Roy
Lawrence Taylor Lawrence Burns
Lawrence Jones Lawrence Davis
Lawrence Carroll Lawrence Power
Lawrence Martin Lawrence Lynch
Lawrence Lee Lawrence Scott
Lawrence Cote Lawrence King
Lawrence McDonald Lawrence Baker
Lawrence Lavoie Lawrence Farrell
Lawrence O-Neil Lawrence O-Brien
Lawrence Hall Lawrence Egan
Lawrence Hunter Lawrence Howard
Lawrence Hill Lawrence Thomas
Lawrence Lewis Lawrence Grant
Lawrence Harris Lawrence Levesque
Lawrence Murray Lawrence Jackson
Lawrence Young Lawrence Simpson
Lawrence O-Connor Lawrence Tremblay
Lawrence Wood Lawrence Girard
Lawrence Monaco Lawrence Campbell
Lawrence Brennan Lawrence Delaney
Lawrence Schryer Lawrence Reid
Lawrence Fisher Lawrence Roberts
Lawrence Parker Lawrence Russell
Lawrence Clark Lawrence Sweeney
Lawrence Turner Lawrence Hebert
Lawrence Henry Lawrence Allen
Lawrence Hayes Lawrence Cook
Lawrence Gaffney Lawrence McGrath
Lawrence Collins Lawrence Riley
Lawrence Gagnon Lawrence Dunn
Lawrence Morris Lawrence Byrne
Lawrence Mooney Lawrence Rooney
Lawrence Griffin Lawrence Crocker
Lawrence Levine Lawrence Ross
Lawrence Bailey Lawrence Mason
Lawrence Fox Lawrence Stevens
Lawrence Powell Lawrence Gordon
Lawrence James Lawrence Hofner
Lawrence Larry Lawrence Lalonde
Lawrence Adams Lawrence Perry
Lawrence Buckley Lawrence Ellis
Lawrence Walsh Lawrence Bennett
Lawrence Marshall Lawrence Norton
Lawrence Poulin Lawrence Gauthier
Lawrence Foley Lawrence Gorman
Lawrence Connolly Lawrence Leonard
Lawrence Flynn Lawrence Landry
Lawrence Stephens Lawrence Walker
Lawrence Higgins Lawrence Evans
Lawrence Freeman Lawrence Macdonald
Lawrence Mitchell Lawrence Shaw
Lawrence Beyer Lawrence Harrison
Lawrence Beaulieu Lawrence Gallagher
Lawrence Robinson Lawrence Stewart
Lawrence Ward Lawrence Morin
Lawrence Albert Lawrence McMahon
Lawrence Cannon Lawrence Gray
Lawrence Hickey Lawrence Maloney
Lawrence Keighan Lawrence St-Pierre
Lawrence Coughlin Lawrence Prestupa
Lawrence Crowe Lawrence Morrison
Lawrence Bergeron Lawrence Renaud
Lawrence Fitzmaurice Lawrence Gallant
Lawrence Cameron Lawrence Peterson
Lawrence Nelson Lawrence Weir
Lawrence Wilcox Lawrence Rose
Lawrence Wright Lawrence Benjamin
Lawrence Cooper Lawrence Cassidy
Lawrence Michaud Lawrence Lane
Lawrence Lyons Lawrence Ouellette
Lawrence Raymond Lawrence Stone
Lawrence Fitzmorris Lawrence Paquette
Lawrence Butler Lawrence Fraser
Lawrence Fitzpatrick Lawrence Malone
Lawrence Corcoran Lawrence Lapointe
Lawrence Broderick Lawrence Sallas
Lawrence Zeleny Lawrence Dupuis
Lawrence Gamble Lawrence Chartrand
Lawrence May Lawrence Holmes
Lawrence Neifer Lawrence Bates
Lawrence Harvey Lawrence Henderson
Lawrence Lord Lawrence Wade
Lawrence Deutsch Lawrence Friedman
Lawrence Larson Lawrence Orr
Lawrence Robbins Lawrence Schwartz
Lawrence Craig Lawrence Darby
Lawrence Hamilton Lawrence Hughes
Lawrence Powers Lawrence Ray
Lawrence Best Lawrence Dunbar
Lawrence Gardner Lawrence Peters
Lawrence Feldman Lawrence Germain

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Other family names that are common with Lawrence

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Family Name Popularity
Smith 0.56%
Johnson 0.43%
Murphy 0.4%
Brown 0.37%
Doyle 0.3%
Williams 0.3%
Wilson 0.28%
Ryan 0.28%
Sullivan 0.27%
Kennedy 0.27%
Kelly 0.27%
Miller 0.26%
White 0.25%
Thompson 0.24%
Moore 0.24%
Baird 0.24%
Anderson 0.21%
Burns 0.21%
Taylor 0.21%
Roy 0.21%

Discover common family names associated with the first name Lawrence to help you find related genealogy records.

Family Name Popularity
Smith 0.56%
Johnson 0.43%
Murphy 0.4%
Brown 0.37%
Doyle 0.3%
Williams 0.3%
Wilson 0.28%
Ryan 0.28%
Sullivan 0.27%
Kennedy 0.27%
Kelly 0.27%
Miller 0.26%
White 0.25%
Thompson 0.24%
Moore 0.24%
Baird 0.24%
Anderson 0.21%
Burns 0.21%
Taylor 0.21%
Roy 0.21%

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