Laurence



Gender:
Origin: Latin
764 famous people named Laurence found on Wikipedia.
39238 male, 460 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 2237-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 201-th in year 1898
Used in: English, French

Meanings

A male given name, form of Lawrence.


Laurence is an English and French given name. The English masculine name originates from a French form of the Latin Laurentius, a name meaning "man from Laurentum". It is possible, although unlikely, that the name of Laurentum is derived from the Latin laurus ("laurel").
The French feminine name is a form of the masculine Laurent, which is derived from the Latin name.


Masc. proper name, from Old French Lorenz (French Laurent), from Latin Laurentius, literally "of Laurentum," a maritime town in Latium, the name of which means literally "town of bay trees," from laurus (see laurel). The Italian form is Lorenzo. A popular given name in the Middle Ages, as a surname it is attested in England from mid-12c. Larkin is a pet-form, along with Larry. For some reason, the name since at least 18c. has been the personification of indolence (compare German der faule Lenz "Lazy Lawrence"). But in Scotland, the pet form Lowrie has been used for "a fox" (c. 1500), also for "a crafty person" (1560s). Lawrence is the Law- in the surname Lawson, and a diminutive pet form is preserved in the surname Lowery/Laurie, etc.


Man from Laurentum. Crowned with Laurel.

Famous People: 764 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Laurence Fishburne 1961 Award-winning American film, theatre, and television actor, film director, film producer, and playwright
2 Laurence Olivier 1907 British actor, director and producer
3 Laurence Fox 1978 English film, television and stage actor
4 Oona Laurence 2002 American singer, actor and stage actor
5 Timothy Laurence 1955 Royal Navy admiral
6 Laurence Harvey 1928 Lithuanian-born actor
7 Laurence D. Fink 1952 American financial executive
8 Laurence Luckinbill 1934 American actor
9 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen 1965 English homestyle consultant and television personality
10 Laurence R. Harvey 1970 Actor
11 Laurence Leboeuf 1985 Canadian actress
12 Laurence Haïm 1966 French-Israeli journalist
13 Laurence Tribe 1941 American lawyer and law school professor
14 Ashley Laurence 1966 American actress
15 Laurence Sterne 1713 Irish/English writer
16 Laurence Maroney 1985 Player of American football
17 Laurence Shanet 1966 American film director
18 Laurence Powell 1962 American police officer
19 Laurence Mason 2000 American actor
20 Laurence Rupp 1987 Austrian actor
21 Friar Laurence Shakespeare character
22 Laurence Oltuski 1976 Belgian actress
23 Laurence Naismith 1908 English actor
24 Laurence Golborne 1961 Chilean politician
25 Laurence Tosi 1968 Businessman
26 Laurence Belcher 1995 English actor
27 Laurence Ostolaza 1967 French journalist
28 Laurence Shahlaei 1982 British strength athlete
29 Laurence Tisch 1923 American businessman
30 Laurence Kotlikoff 1951 American economist
31 Laurence Graff 1938 British jeweller
32 Laurence J. Peter 1919 Canadian eductor
33 Laurence Binyon 1869 English poet, dramatist, and art scholar
34 Laurence Auzière-Jourdan
35 Laurence Juber 1952 Guitarist
36 Laurence Roustandjee French journalist and television presenter
37 Laurence Rickard 1975 Laurence Rickard Born Laurence Carl Rickard[1] 14 June 1975 Brighton, England Other names Larry Rickard Occupation Actor, writer Years active 2004–present
38 Laurence Rees 1957 British historian
39 Laurence O'Keefe 1969 American composer
40 Laurence Rosenthal 1926 American composer
41 Laurence Boone 1969 French economist
42 Laurence Pope 1945 American diplomat
43 Laurence Arribagé 1970 French politician
44 Laurence Yep 1948 American children's writer
45 L. W. de Laurence 1868 American writer
46 Lynda Laurence 1949 American singer
47 William L. Laurence 1888 American journalist
48 Laurence Owen 1944 Figure skater
49 Laurence Silberman 1935 American judge
50 Laurence Gardner 1943 British stockbroker
51 Laurence Foley 1942 American diplomat
52 Laurence Bloch 1952 French journalist and radio producer
53 Laurence of Canterbury 0600 Second Archbishop of Canterbury
54 Laurence Doherty 1875 English tennis player
55 Laurence Lau 1954 American actor
56 Laurence Kinlan 1983 Irish film and television actor
57 Laurence Mark 1949 American film producer
58 Laurence Pernoud 1918
59 Laurence McKeown 1956 Irish writer
60 Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester 1641 English politician, diplomat, and writer
61 Laurence Steinhardt 1892 American diplomat
62 Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers 1720 British Earl
63 Laurence Debray 1976 French writer
64 Laurence Housman 1865 British playwright, writer and illustrator
65 Laurence Gibson 1991
66 Laurence Cottle British composer and musician
67 Laurence BonJour 1943 American philosopher
68 Laurence Treil 1967 French actor-model
69 Laurence Bibot 1968 Belgian actress
70 Laurence Ferrari 1966 French journalist
71 Laurence Payne 1919 British actor and writer
72 Laurence M. Keitt 1824 Confederate Army officer
73 Laurence Abeille 1960 French politician
74 Laurence Sémonin 1951 French actress
75 Laurence J. Rittenband 1905 American judge
76 Laurence Oliphant 1829 British author, traveller, diplomat and Christian mystic
77 Laurence Colussi French actress
78 Laurence Crouzet French actress
79 Laurence C. Jones 1884 American academic
80 Laurence Robertson 1958 British politician
81 Laurence Trimble 1885 American silent film actor, writer and director
82 Laurence Tubiana 1951 French economist
83 Eve Laurence 1985 American pornographic actress
84 Mitch Laurence
85 Paul Laurence 1958 American musician
86 Laurence Bergreen 1950 American biographer, historian
87 Laurence Waddell 1854 British explorer
88 Laurence Freeman 1951 Catholic priest and a Benedictine monk
89 Laurence Hyde 1914 Canadian artist and filmmaker
90 Laurence Duggan 1905 American spy for the Soviet Union
91 Laurence Whistler 1912 British poet
92 Laurence Steinberg 1952 American psychologist
93 Laurence Février French actress
94 Laurence Shurtliff 1945 Grateful Dead roadie and staff member
95 Laurence Dourlens 1967 French actress
96 Laurence Leamer 1941 Author and journalist
97 Laurence Batty 1964 Footballer
98 Laurence Archer British musician
99 Laurence Schache 1967 Australian rules footballer
100 Laurence Angwin 1982 Australian footballer
101 Laurence Hartnett 1898 Australian businessman
102 Laurence Street 1926 Australian judge
103 Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving 1871 British writer
104 Laurence Stallings 1894 American writer
105 Laurence Decore 1940 Canadian politician
106 Laurence Fournier Beaudry 1992 Ice dancer
107 Laurence des Cars 1966
108 Laurence Lacour 1957 French writer and journalist
109 Laurence Ginnell 1852 Irish politician
110 Laurence de Monaghan 1954 French actress
111 Julien Laurence 1973 Swiss singer-songwriter
112 Laurence Equilbey 1962 French conductor
113 Laurence Meyer 1944 American neo-Keynesian economist
114 Laurence Guittard 1939 American actor
115 Laurence Wilson 1986 Footballer
116 Laurence Monroe Klauber 1883 American zoologist
117 Laurence Boccolini 1963 French radio and television host
118 Sydney Laurence 1865 American artist
119 Laurence Ryder 1966 Darts player
120 Laurence Brown 1959 Writer
121 Laurence Curtis 1893 American politician
122 Laurence S. Baker 1830 Confederate Army general
123 Laurence Masliah French actress
124 Laurence Gluck 1953 Businessperson
125 Laurence Nowell 1515 Antiquary
126 Laurence Parisot 1959 French businesswoman
127 Laurence Gartel 1956 American artist
128 Laurence Charpentier 1968 French actress
129 Laurence Gronlund 1846 United States socialist
130 Laurence Thomas American philosopher
131 Laurence Tiennot-Herment
132 Laurence Anholt 1959 UK-based author/illustrator
133 Laurence Jenkell 1965 French sculptor
134 Laurence Cummings 1968 British musician
135 Laurence Alma-Tadema 1865 English novelist
136 Chris Laurence 1949 Musician
137 Laurence Aberhart 1949 New Zealand photographer
138 Margaret Laurence Australian television actress
139 Laurence Tardieu 1972 French writer
140 Laurence Hobgood 1959 American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, producer, lyricist
141 Laurence Eaves 1948 Welsh physicist
142 Laurence A. Rickels 1954 American psychotherapist
143 Laurence Hugh Frost 1902 United States admiral
144 Laurence Courtois 1976 Belgian tennis player
145 Laurence Moody 1948 British television director
146 Laurence Breuls
147 Laurence Hurst 1965 Professor of Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Bath
148 Laurence Marks 1915 Radio and television writer
149 Laurence Saunders 1519 English martyr
150 Laurence Brahm 1961 American economist
151 Laurence Iannaccone 1954 American economist
152 Laurence Eusden 1688 British poet
153 Laurence Pomeroy 1883 Automotive engineer
154 Laurence Dunmore 2000 British graphic designer and film director
155 Laurence Benaïm 1961
156 Laurence Bobillier 1965 French journalist
157 Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke 1319 English noble
158 Laurence S. Kuter 1905 U.S. Air Force General
159 Laurence Janifer 1933 American writer
160 Laurence Clark Comedian
161 Laurence Jalbert 1959 Canadian musician
162 Laurence Haddon 1922 American actor
163 Laurence McKinley Gould 1896 American geologist
164 Laurence Bassini British businessman
165 Laurence Crane 1961 British composer
166 Laurence Jonathan Cohen 1923 Philosopher, academic
167 Laurence Lerner 1925 British writer
168 Laurence Stassen 1971 Dutch politician and television presenter
169 Laurence Dreyfus 1952 American musicologist
170 Laurence S. Geller 1947
171 Janet Laurence 1947 Australian artist
172 Laurence B. Keiser 1895 American general
173 Laurence Hynes Halloran 1765 Convict transported to Australia
174 Laurence Jones 1933 Royal Air Force air marshal
175 Laurence Campbell British comics artist
176 Michael Laurence 1935 Australian actor
177 Laurence Katrian
178 Laurence Cohen 1953 French politician
179 Laurence Klein 1969 French commercial and ultramarathon runner
180 Laurence Chaderton 1536 English bible translator
181 Laurence Perrine 1915 American literary scholar
182 Laurence Arné 1982 French actress
183 Lorette Nobécourt 1968 French writer and journalist
184 Laurence M. Larson 1868 Norwegian American historian
185 Laurence Echard 1670 British historian
186 Laurence Halsted 1984 British fencer
187 Laurence J. Burton 1926 United States Congressman from Utah
188 Laurence Chisholm Young 1905 Mathematician
189 Miles Laurence
190 Laurence Pieau 1966 French journalist
191 Laurence Caruana 1962 Maltese artist
192 Laurence R. Horn 1945 American linguist
193 Laurence Higgins 1928 Irish priest
194 Laurence Baldauff 1974
195 Laurence Irving 1897 English set designer
196 Laurence Dermott 1720 Irish merchant and freemason
197 Laurence Gilman 1965 Canadian ice hockey executive
198 George Laurence 1905 Canadian nuclear physicist
199 Laurence Bradshaw 1899 British painter and sculptor
200 Laurence de Grandhomme 1956