Gender: | Masculine |
Language: | English |
Meaning: | "man from Laurentum" or "bright one, shining one", "laurelled" |
Petname: | Larry, Lawrie, Laurie, Larold, Law |
Related Names: | Claren, Clarence, Larence, Larford, Laurence (English), Lars (Germanic languages), Lorens (Scandinavian), Laurencjusz, Laurenty, Wawrzyniec (Polish), Laurens (Dutch, English), Laurent (French), Laurențiu (Romanian), Laurentius (Latin), Lavrentiy (Russian), Llorente\Lorente (Aragonese), Lorenzo (Italian, Spanish (Castilian)), Lőrinc (Hungarian), Lourenço (Portuguese), Vavrinec/Vavřinec (Slovak/Czech). |
See Also: | Bert, a name also meaning "bright", |
Lawrence is a masculine given name. It is an Anglicisation of the French Laurent,[1] which is in turn derived from the Latin Laurentius or Old Greek Lavrenti.[2] Pet forms of Lawrence include Larry, Lawrie and, less commonly, Law.[1]