Name: Laurence
Gender: Female
Usage: Laurence, of latin origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Laurence are in general originating from Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Laurence across the world, see Laurentius.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Laurence is: Laurel-crowned.
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The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 7. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: spiritual, intelligent, analytical, reserved, knowledgeable, mysterious, intuitive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Philosophical, Spiritual
Ruling planet: Neptune
Colors: Green
Gemstones: Moonstone
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The name Laurence is ranked on the 640th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 892900 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.013% of the population. The name Laurence has eight characters. It means that it is relatively long-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Laurence for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Laurence is 12 November.
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History and Origin
Laurence is an English male given name and surname. A female given name with identical spelling exists in French.
In all cases it is derived from the Roman given name, Laurentius, which can mean either "from Laurentum" or "wreathed/crowned with laurel".
1 English: from a French form of Latin Laurentius ‘man from Laurentum’. Laurentum was a town in Latium, which may have got its name from Latin laurus laurel, or may alternatively be of pre-Roman origin. The given name was popular in the Middle Ages as a result of the fame of a 3rd-century saint who was one of the seven deacons of Rome. He was martyred in 258. The legend is that, having been required to hand over the Church's treasures to the civil authorities, he assembled the poor and sick and presented them. For this, he was supposedly roasted to death on a gridiron. In England the name is also associated with St Laurence of Canterbury (d. 619), the second bishop of Canterbury, who fought against pagan backsliding among his flock. See also Lawrence.
2 (f.) French: feminine form of Laurent.
Cognates: Irish Gaelic: Labhrás. Scottish Gaelic: Labhrainn. French: Laurent. Italian: Lorenzo. Spanish: Lorencio. Catalan: Llorenç. Portuguese: Laurenço. German: Lorenz. Dutch: Laurens. Scandinavian: Lara. Finnish: Lauri, Lasse, Lassi. Russian: Lavrenti. Polish: Laurencjusz (vernacular spelling of Latin Laurentius); Lawrenty; Wawrzyniec (vernacular form). Czech: Vavřinec.
Pet forms: English: Larry, Laurie. German: Lenz.
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