Lawrence: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced LOR-uhns · 2 syllables

Lawrence means “a person from Laurentum; laurel”, from Latin.

See Laurence.

How popular is Lawrence?

Lawrence was the #518 name in the US in 2025, given to 585 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1940.

Babies named Lawrence in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1940).

Half of US adults named Lawrence are older than 67; most are between 31 and 86. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Lawrence have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Lawrence means “a person from Laurentum; laurel”. It comes from Latin.

Lawrence is pronounced LOR-uhns.

Lawrence was the #518 name in the US in 2025, given to 585 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1940.

Half of US adults named Lawrence are older than 67. Most are between 31 and 86.