Laurence Explained
| Laurence |
| Gender: | Masculine (English)
Feminine (French) |
| Language: | English (masculine); French (feminine) |
| Meaning: | "man from Laurentum" or "bright one, shining one" |
| Cognate: | see list |
Laurence is an English masculine and a French feminine given name. The English masculine name is a variant of Lawrence and it originates from a French form of the Latin Laurentius, a name meaning "man from Laurentum".
The French feminine name Laurence is a form of the masculine Laurent, which is derived from the Latin name.[1]
In other languages: Lorenzo (Italian), Lorenz (German).
Given name
- Laurence Broze (born 1960), Belgian applied mathematician, statistician, and economist
- Laurence des Cars, French curator and art historian
- Laurence Neil Creme, known professionally as Lol Creme, British musician
- Laurence Ekperigin (born 1988), British-American basketball player in the Israeli National League
- Laurence Equilbey, French conductor
- Laurence Fishburne (born 1961), American actor
- Laurence Fournier Beaudry, Canadian ice dancer
- Laurence Fox (born 1978), British actor
- Laurence Gayte (born 1965), French politician
- Laurence Leboeuf (born 1985), Canadian actress
- Laurence S. Geller, British-born, US-based real estate investor.
- Laurence Ginnell, Irish politician
- Laurence Godfrey (archer), British athlete
- Laurence Godfrey (physics lecturer), regular and controversial contributor to the Usenet newsgroups 'soc.culture.British' and 'soc.culture.Canada'
- Laurence Golborne, Chilean mining and energy minister
- Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-born actor
- Laurence Keitt, Confederate general
- Laurence "Laurie" Lee (1914–1997), British poet and novelist
- Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, British television presenter and designer
- Laurence McKeown, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
- Laurence Myers (1858–99), American world-record-setting runner
- Laurence Olivier (1907–1989), British actor and director
- Laurence Owen, American figure skater
- Laurence J. Rittenband (1905–1993), American judge
- Laurence Platt (born 1950), American writer
- Laurence Rochat, Swiss cross-country skier who has competed since 1996
- Laurence Sailliet (born 1973), French politician
- Laurence Sullivan, British writer
- Laurence Andrew Tolhurst, known professionally as Lol Tolhurst, British musician
- Laurence Tribe, American professor of constitutional law
- Laurence Tureaud (born 1952), known professionally as Mr. T, American actor and wrestler
- St Laurence O'Toole, or Lorcán Ua Tuathail, Irish Roman Catholic Saint
- Laurence of Canterbury, the second Archbishop of Canterbury
- Laurence Tubiana, French Ambassador responsible for COP21
- Laurence Vichnievsky (born 1955), French politician and magistrate
- Laurence Wachowski (born 1965), known as Lana Wachowski since the 2000s, American film director
Surname
- Duncan Laurence (born 1994), Dutch singer, representing Netherlands in Eurovision Song Contest 2019
- Elizabeth Laurence (born 1949), English classical mezzo-soprano singer
- French Laurence (17571809), English lawyer and politician, brother of Richard
- Jacqueline Laurence (19322024), French-born Brazilian actress and theatre director
- John Zachariah Laurence (182970), English ophthalmologist
- Richard Laurence (17601838), English Hebraist and Anglican churchman, brother of French
- Samuel Laurence (181284), British portrait painter
- Stephen Laurence (born before 1998), American philosopher
- Timothy Laurence (born 1955) retired British Royal Navy officer and second husband of Anne, Princess Royal
- William L. Laurence (18881977), Lithuanian-American science journalist for The New York Times (193064)
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Hanks. P. Patrick Hanks. Hardcastle. K. Hodges. F. 2006. 1990. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford Paperback Reference. 2nd. Oxford University Press. Oxford. 978-0-19-861060-1. 308.
