Laurenz
given name · Latin script
Meaning: zu Rufname Lorenz, aus lat
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/lawʁɛnts/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Laurenz is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 30K(inferred from the name graph)
- ATAustria≈1 in 9.1K
- BEBelgium≈1 in 57K
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.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 118 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 9.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,600 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Austria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
zu Rufname Lorenz, aus lat. Laurentius 'der aus Laurentum'; 359 Träger
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Laurenz 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | — | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 30K | 8 | Laurenz | 118 |
| AT Austria | #923 | ≈980 est. | ≈1 in 9.1K | 3K | Laurenz | 73 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈340 est. | ≈1 in 319K | — | Laurenz | 16 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 57K | — | Laurenz | 18 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 150 | 1 in 115K | 150 | Laurenz | 13 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 64K | — | Laurenz | 27 |
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: the de-munich-standesamt register; Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Laurenz is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Zu Rufname Laurentius; in vielen Belegen mit den Kurz- und Nebenformen Lorenz, Lorentz, Lenz/Lentz sowie weiteren Laut- und Koseformen.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Laurentius; 2 Typen/359 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In French, forme allemande de Laurent, du latin Laurentius. Fête: 10 août, saint Laurent.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
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)
- Laurenz Widholzb. 1861ATAustrian politician (1861-1926)
- Karl Brandib. 1868DEnot in their usual nameGerman medievalist and historian of modern age (1868-1946)
- Hugo von Hofmannsthalb. 1874ATnot in their usual nameAustrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist (1874–1929)
- Laurenz Gennerb. 1894ATAustrian politician (1894-1962)
- Laurenz Meyerb. 1948DEGerman politician
- Laurenz Lüttekenb. 1964DEGerman musicologist and journalist
- Laurenz Lekyb. 1977DEactor
- Laurenz Rexb. 1999BEBelgian cyclist
- Marcel Laurenz Lotkab. 2001DEPolish-German association football player
- Laurenz Dehlb. 2001DEGerman association football player
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 39 sources across 20 countries.
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 are other forms of the name Laurenz?
- In the etymology graph, Larry, Lawrence and Laurie are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Laurenz?
- A machine transcription gives /lawʁɛnts/ (IPA) for German.
- Is Laurenz a male or female name?
- Laurenz 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 does the name Laurenz mean?
- Recorded meaning: zu Rufname Lorenz, aus lat.
- In which country does Laurenz have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.6 thousand people named Laurenz in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled laurenz.
- How common is the name Laurenz?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 150 people named Laurenz, about 1 in 115 thousand residents.
- How common is Laurenz compared with other names?
- In Austria, Laurenz is the 923rd most common given name of 26,800 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/laurenzThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Laurenz” — the 923rd most common given name in Austria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.