Name: Laurens
Gender: Male
Usage: Laurens, of latin origin, is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Laurens are in general originating from Belgium, Netherlands, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Laurens is: Brilliant.
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Numerology of the first name Laurens: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 9. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: humanitarian, self-sacrificing, idealistic, giving, altruist, devoted, romantic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Compassionate, Idealistic
Ruling planet: Mars
Colors: Red
Gemstones: Bloodstone
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The name Laurens is ranked on the 17,205th position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used.
We estimate that there are at least 12900 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Laurens has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
We do not have enough data to display the number of people who were given the name Laurens for each year.
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History and Origin
Laurens is a masculine Dutch given name, the equivalent of Lawrence. Notable people with the name include:
- Laurens Jan Anjema (born 1982), Dutch squash player
- Laurens Jacobsz Alteras (died 1622), Dutch vice admiral
- Laurens Bake (1629-1702), Dutch poet
- Laurens Bogtman (1900-1969), Dutch baritone singer
- Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (born 1937), Dutch politician
- Laurens Janszoon Coster (c. 1370-c. 1440), Dutch printer
- Laurens Craen (c. 1620–c. 1670), Dutch painter
- Laurens ten Dam (born 1980), Dutch road racing cyclist
- Laurens de Graaf (c. 1653-probably 1704), Dutch pirate, mercenary and naval officer
- Laurens Theodorus Gronovius (1730-1777), Dutch naturalist
- Laurens Hammond (1895-1973), inventor of the Hammond organ
- Laurens ten Heuvel (born 1976), Dutch footballer
- Laurens Hull (1779-1865), American physician and politician
- Laurens Perseus Hickok (1798-1888), American philosopher
- Laurens van der Post (1906-1996), Afrikaner author, journalist, philosopher
- Laurens Reael (1583-1637), Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1616-1617) and an admiral of the Dutch navy (1625-1627)
- Laurens Shull (1894-1918), American football player, businessman and soldier
- Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel (1736-1800), Grand Pensionary of Zeeland and later of Holland
- Laurens Vanthoor (born 1991), Belgian auto racer
- Laurens van der Vinne (1658-1529), painter from the Netherlands
- Laurens De Vreese (born 1988), Belgian road bicycle racer
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