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Laurence
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laurence
English
Alternative forms
en Lawrence (usual US spelling)
Etymology
en :uder la:Laurentius 1
From the name of a third century Roman martyr, en la Laurentius, "a person from Laurentum", the place name possibly derived from la laurus laurel.
Pronunciation
en /ˈlɒ.ɹəns/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Laurence.wav Southern England
en /ˈlɔɹəns/ GA
en /ˈlɑɹəns/ NYC
en ɒɹəns 2
Proper noun
s
en male Latin Lauren.
II IV Romeo: Bid her devise / Some means to come to shrift this afternoon; / And there she shall at Friar Laurence' cell / Be shriv'd and married.
en 1835 w:Mary Shelley Lodore Wallis&Newell 1835 30 "I will do any thing, however impossible, if you will only not call me Mr Hervey. Why am I not Laurence to you - Miss Vivian calls me Laurence - I am Laurence to every one but you - let me hear you call me Laurence," in an earnest manner.
en patronymics.
Derived terms
en Laurence Harbor
Related terms
feminine forms: Lauren, Laura
pet forms: Larry, Laurie, Lawrie, Lol
surnames: Laurie, Lourie, Loury, Lowrie, Lowry
variants: Lars, Loren, Lorenzo
Translations
male given name
Albanian: sq Renës m, sq Renes m
Arabic: ar لورانس
Aragonese: an Lorient m
Armenian: hy Լորիս
Catalan: ca Llorenç
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 勞倫斯 Láolunsī, cmn 老楞佐 Lǎoléngzuǒ Catholic
Corsican: co Lorenzu, co Lurenzu
Czech: cs Vavřinec
Danish: da Lars
Dutch: nl Laurens
Esperanto: eo Laŭrenco
Estonian: et Lauri
Faroese: fo Lavrans m, fo Laars m, fo Lars m
Finnish: fi Lauri
French: fr Laurent
Old French: fro Lorenz
Friulian: fur Lurinç
Galician: gl Lourenzo
German: de Lorenz
Greek: el Λαυρέντιος
Greenlandic: kl Laasi
Hungarian: hu Lőrinc
Icelandic: is Lárus
Irish: ga Labhrás m
Italian: it Lorenzo
Japanese: ja ロレンス Rorensu, ja ローラン Rōran
Ladin: lld Laurënz
Latin: la Laurentius
Latvian: lv Lauris
Ligurian: lij Loénso
Lithuanian: lt Laurynas
Lombard: lmo Lorenz
Neapolitan: nap Lurenzo
Norman: nrf Louothains
Norwegian: no Lars, no Laurits
Occitan: oc Laurenç m
Old Occitan: pro Laurens
Old Norse: non Lafranz m
Old Tupi: tpw Rorẽso
Polish: pl Laurencjusz, pl Laurenty, pl Wawrzyniec
Portuguese: pt Lourenço, pt Laurêncio m
Romanian: ro Laurențiu
Russian: ru Лавре́нтий, ru Лоренс m
Scottish Gaelic: gd Labhrainn
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Ловро
Latin: sh Lovro
Slovak: sk Vavrinec
Slovene: sl Lovrenc
Spanish: es Lorenzo
Swedish: sv Lars
Ukrainian: uk Лавре́нтій m
Venetan: vec Łorenso
Vietnamese: vi Lôrensô
See also
en Laura and its variants
Anagrams
en aceelnru cerulean crenulae
French
Pronunciation
+ [au:ô]
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-Laurence.wav <<France>> (<<Toulouse>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-Laurence.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>)
Proper noun
f
fr female Lauren Laurent
fr very rare en Lawrence: fr male Laurence
Laurence Oustau fr Laurence Oustau (b. 1835)
Related terms
feminine forms: Marie-Laurence, Anne-Laurence
Anagrams
fr enculera