Laurence

Laurence

Gender	Masculine (English) Feminine (French)
Language(s)	English (masculine); French (feminine)
Origin
Meaning	"man from Laurentum" or "bright one, shining one"
Other names
Cognate(s)	see list

Laurence is an English masculine and a French feminine given name. The English masculine name is a variant of Lawrence and it originates from a French form of the Latin Laurentius, a name meaning "man from Laurentum".

The French feminine name Laurence is a form of the masculine Laurent , which is derived from the Latin name. ^[1]

In other languages: Lorenzo (Italian, Spanish), Lorenz (German).

Given name

• Laurence Broze (born 1960), Belgian applied mathematician, statistician, and economist
• Laurence des Cars, French curator and art historian
• Laurence Neil Creme, known professionally as Lol Creme, British musician
• Laurence Ekperigin (born 1988), British-American basketball player in the Israeli National League
• Laurence Equilbey, French conductor
• Laurence Fishburne (born 1961), American actor
• Laurence Fournier Beaudry, Canadian ice dancer
• Laurence Fox (born 1978), British actor
• Laurence Gayte (born 1965), French politician
• Laurence Leboeuf (born 1985), Canadian actress
• Laurence S. Geller, British-born, US-based real estate investor.
• Laurence Ginnell, Irish politician
• Laurence Godfrey (archer), British athlete
• Laurence Godfrey (physics lecturer), regular and controversial contributor to the Usenet newsgroups 'soc.culture.British' and 'soc.culture.Canada'
• Laurence Golborne, Chilean mining and energy minister
• Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-born actor
• Laurence Keitt, Confederate general
• Laurence "Laurie" Lee (1914–1997), British poet and novelist
• Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, British television presenter and designer
• Laurence McKeown, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
• Laurence Myers (1858–99), American world-record-setting runner
• Laurence Olivier (1907–1989), British actor and director
• Laurence Owen, American figure skater
• Laurence Platt (born 1950), American writer
• Laurence "Larry" Rickard (born 1975), British actor, writer and comedian; one half of the duo 'Larry & George' and one sixth of the comedy troupe Them There
• Laurence J. Rittenband (1905–1993), American judge
• Laurence Rochat, Swiss cross-country skier who has competed since 1996
• Laurence Sailliet (born 1973), French politician
• Laurence Sullivan, British writer
• Laurence Andrew Tolhurst, known professionally as Lol Tolhurst, British musician
• Laurence Tribe, American professor of constitutional law
• Laurence Tureaud (born 1952), known professionally as Mr. T, American actor and wrestler
• St Laurence O'Toole, or Lorcán Ua Tuathail, Irish Roman Catholic Saint
• Laurence of Canterbury, the second Archbishop of Canterbury
• Laurence Tubiana, French Ambassador responsible for COP21
• Laurence Vichnievsky (born 1955), French politician and magistrate
• Laurence Wachowski (born 1965), known as Lana Wachowski since the 2000s, American film director

Surname

• Ashley Laurence (born 1966), American actress and visual artist
• Christopher Laurence (1929-2025), British Anglican priest
• Duncan Laurence (born 1994), Dutch singer, representing Netherlands in Eurovision Song Contest 2019
• Elizabeth Laurence (born 1949), English classical mezzo-soprano singer
• Frederic Laurence (1896-1982), British air ace
• Frederick Laurence (1884-1942), British composer and orchestral manager
• French Laurence (1757–1809), English lawyer and politician, brother of Richard
• Henry Laurence, multiple people
• Jacqueline Laurence (1932–2024), French-born Brazilian actress and theatre director
• John Zachariah Laurence (1829–70), English ophthalmologist
• Margaret Laurence (1926-1987), Canadian novelist and short story writer
• Oona Laurence (born 2002), American actress
• Richard Laurence (1760–1838), English Hebraist and Anglican churchman, brother of French
• Samuel Laurence (1812–84), British portrait painter
• Stephen Laurence (born before 1998), American philosopher
• Timothy Laurence (born 1955) retired British Royal Navy officer and second husband of Anne, Princess Royal
• William L. Laurence (1888–1977), Lithuanian-American science journalist for The New York Times (1930–64)

See also

• Larry (disambiguation)
• Lars
• Laurent (disambiguation)
• Laurentius (disambiguation)
• Laura and Lauren, feminine derivatives
• Laurance (name)
• Laurenson

References

1. Hanks, P; Hardcastle, K; Hodges, F (2006) [1990]. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 308. ISBN   978-0-19-861060-1.