Lawrence (given name)
| Gender | Masculine |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | "man from Laurentum" or "bright one, shining one", "laurelled" |
| Other names | |
| Pet forms | Larry, Lawrie, Laurie, Larold, Law |
| Related names | Claren, Clarence, Labhrás (Irish), Larence, Larford, Laurence (English), Lars (Germanic languages), Laurencjusz, Laurenty, Wawrzyniec (Polish), Laurens (Dutch, archaic English), Laurent (French), Laurențiu (Romanian), Laurentius (Latin), Lavrentis (Greek), Lavrenti, Lavrentiy, Lavrenty (Russian), Llorente\Lorente (Aragonese), Lorens (Scandinavian), Lorentz, Lorenz (German), Lorenzo (Italian, Spanish (Castilian)), Lőrinc (Hungarian), Lourenço (Portuguese), Vavrinec/Vavřinec (Slovak/Czech), Lovre/Lovro (Serbo-Croatian). |
| See also | Bert, a name also meaning "bright" |
Lawrence is a masculine given name. It is an Anglicisation of the French Laurent, which is in turn derived from the Latin Laurentius or Old Greek Lavrenti (which in modern Greek became Lavrentis). Pet forms of Lawrence include Larry, Lawrie and, less commonly, Law.