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
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.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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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 |