Laurent

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Laurent

Say it: loh-RAHN

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Meaning

From Latin Laurentius 'man from Laurentum'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Honouring the deacon-martyr, very popular in France in the 1960s–70s.

Its wave through time

Most used in the 1920s

In the United States

1,877 babies given this name since 1912
At its height in 1927, about 1 in 28,900 boys
14 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

English	Lawrence
Italian	Lorenzo
Dutch	Laurens

Famous bearers

Saint Lawrence of Rome

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Where this comes from

Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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