Laurent

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Laurent is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country, where it is the 23rd most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Latin Laurentius, 'from Laurentum' or linked to laurel.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 260(inferred from the name graph)
  • BEBelgium≈1 in 471
  • CHSwitzerland≈1 in 922

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈260,000 people, est.

Sources
462 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 260 (inferred from the name graph)

France, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Latin Laurentius, 'from Laurentum' or linked to laurel.

Sources 1

  • Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Laurent counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Laurent is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France#23≈260,000 est.≈1 in 260329KLaurent462
CN China—≈38,000 est.≈1 in 37K—Laurent35
TZ Tanzania—≈33,000 est.≈1 in 1.8K—Laurent29
BE Belgium#33≈25,000 est.≈1 in 4717.3KLaurent192
CM Cameroon#115≈20,000 est.≈1 in 1.4K—Laurent38
CH Switzerland#126≈9,100 est.≈1 in 922841Laurent147
US United States—2,9821 in 112K6.7KLaurent335

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Laurent is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Belgium, United Kingdom, Australia

    Languages: English, Dutch

    Also written Laurént, Lāūrēnt

  • Spanish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Colombia, Spain, Argentina

    Also written Làùrènt, Làürêñt, Lãureñt

  • German given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria

    Also written Láurént

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Laurenţ

  • Polish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, Slovakia, Czechia, Belgium

    Languages: Polish, Czech, Slovak

    Also written Läurënt

  • Danish given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium, United States

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

    Also written Lâùrëñţ, Laürēnt

89 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Laurent is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In French, from a vernacular form of the Latin personal name Laurentius (see Lawrence).

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • In French, a male given name, feminine equivalent Laurence, equivalent to English Laurence or Lawrence

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In French, du nom latin Laurentius, dérivé de Laurentum, une ancienne ville d’Italie.

    as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

  • In French, du latin Laurentius, « de Laurentum »; associé au laurier. Fête: 10 août, saint Laurent.

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

  • In French, Du latin Laurentius, «de Laurentum»; associé au laurier.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1400160018002000Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, b. 1492Antoine Lavoisier, b. 1743Charles Lucien Bonaparte, b. 1803Laurent Gbagbo, b. 1945Laurent Fabius, b. 1946Laurent Cantet, b. 1961Laurent Blanc, b. 1965Louis Saha, b. 1978Laurent Koscielny, b. 1985Axel Witsel, b. 1989

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 107 sources across 56 countries.

Official registers attesting Laurent
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)2024329K#1,622
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20202.8K#5,665
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020186#5,665

Reference works 9

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Laurent mean, and where does it come from?
From Latin Laurentius, 'from Laurentum' or linked to laurel. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
Is Laurent a male or female name?
Laurent is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Laurent?
In the etymology graph, Larry, Lawrence and Laurie are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Laurent have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 261 thousand people named Laurent in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled laurent.
How common is the name Laurent?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,982 people named Laurent in 2020, about 1 in 112 thousand residents.
How common is Laurent compared with other names?
In France, Laurent is the 23rd most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Laurent” — the 23rd most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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