Laurentius
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: from Latin Laurentius, a common name; first attested Laurentius cellerarius 1141–9 Holme (Norfolk)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/lˌa͡ʊrəntˈius/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Laurentius is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Indonesia.
- IDIndonesia
- NLNetherlands
- SESweden
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from Latin Laurentius, a common name; first attested Laurentius cellerarius 1141–9 Holme (Norfolk)
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.
How Laurentius is read(measured from records)
Laurentius is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Indonesian31%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Laurentius in Indonesian.
- German24%
lat. Vollform zu Rufname Lorenz/Laurenz 'der aus Laurentum'; 23 Träger
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
from Latin Laurentius 'from Laurentum'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
patronymisch zu Laurentius/Lorenz; Belege: Lenze, Lenz, Labrenz, Lafrenz, Lavrenz, Lawrenz, Larsen, Lassen, Franzen, Lorenzen, Lenzen
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Laurentius; teils in der Literatur auch als Kurzform zu Ragin-/Regin-Namen gedeutet.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
- Dutch13%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Laurentius in Dutch.
- English11%
from Latin Laurentius, a common name; first attested Laurentius cellerarius 1141–9 Holme (Norfolk)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Laurentius is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Swedish, Se Lars.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
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)
- Laurence of Canterburyb. 550ITnot in their usual namesecond Archbishop of Canterbury
- Laurentius Hispanusb. 1180ESHispanic canon lawyer, jurist, university professor and Catholic bishop (c. 1180–1248)
- Laurentius Abstemiusb. 1440ITItalian writer and humanist
- Laurent Corvinb. 1465PLnot in their usual nameSilesian writer and humanist (ca 1465-1527)
- Laurentius Petrib. 1499SESwedish clergyman
- Lars Stigzeliusb. 1598SEnot in their usual nameArchbishop of Uppsala (1598-1676)
- Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschenb. 1771FRnot in their usual nameArchduke of Austria (1771-1847)
- Marcus Wallenbergb. 1864SEnot in their usual nameSwedish banker (1864 – 1943)
- Laurentius Satoshi Nagaeb. 1913JPJapanese bishop
- Kees de Botb. 1951NLnot in their usual nameDutch linguist
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 28 sources across 14 countries.
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Laurentius mean, and where does it come from?
- from Latin Laurentius, a common name; first attested Laurentius cellerarius 1141–9 Holme (Norfolk) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Laurentius?
- A machine transcription gives /lˌa͡ʊrəntˈius/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
- Is Laurentius a male or female name?
- Laurentius 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 Laurentius?
- In the etymology graph, Larry, Lawrence and Laurie are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Laurentius have the most bearers?
- Laurentius is most frequently recorded in Indonesia.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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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, “Laurentius”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.