Larry
given name · Latin script
Meaning: English diminutive of Laurence/Lawrence, from Latin Laurentius, 'from Laurentum'
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/læɹi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Larry is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Singapore it is the 23rd most common given name.
- CNChina≈1 in 386(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 406
- IEIreland≈1 in 412
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #178 (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 622 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 386 (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,600,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
China, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
English diminutive of Laurence/Lawrence, from Latin Laurentius, 'from Laurentum'.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Larry 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈3,600,000 est. | ≈1 in 386 | — | Larry | 56 |
| US United States | #73 | 512,456 | 1 in 649 | 512K | Larry | 622 |
| PH Philippines | #189 | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | — | Larry | 133 |
| GB United Kingdom | #174 | ≈94,000 est. | ≈1 in 702 | 3 | Larry | 241 |
| CA Canada | #70 | ≈80,000 est. | ≈1 in 470 | 1 | Larry | 276 |
| SG Singapore | #23 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 406 | — | Larry | 82 |
| IE Ireland | #63 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 412 | — | Larry | 92 |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. 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)
Larry 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 English, from the personal name Larry, a pet form of Lawrence.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In English, A diminutive of the male given name Laurence or Lawrence, popular as a male given name in the U.S. in the 1940s and the 1950s.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swedish, Larry är ursprungligen en engelsk smekform till Lawrence (→ Lars).
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In French, forme anglaise de Laurent, du latin Laurentius. Fête: 10 août, saint Laurent.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Pet form of Laurence or Lawrence.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
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)
- Larry Hagmanb. 1931USAmerican actor (1931–2012)
- Larry Kingb. 1933USAmerican television and radio host (1933–2021)
- Larry Hankinb. 1937USAmerican actor
- Larry Flyntb. 1942USAmerican publisher
- Larry Holmesb. 1949USAmerican boxer
- Larry Summersb. 1954USAmerican economist and government official (born 1954)
- Larry Birdb. 1956USAmerican basketball player and coach (born 1956)
- Lawrence Lessigb. 1961USnot in their usual nameAmerican academic, political activist
- Larry Johnsonb. 1969USAmerican basketball player (born 1969)
- Larry Pageb. 1973USAmerican computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur (born 1973)
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 90 sources across 51 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 512K | #83 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 692 | #83 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 198 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2024 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1995 | 8 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2021 | 3 | #433 |
| CA Canada | Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender | 2023 | 1 | #2,230 |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- 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 Larry mean, and where does it come from?
- English diminutive of Laurence/Lawrence, from Latin Laurentius, 'from Laurentum'. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- Is Larry a male or female name?
- Larry 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 Larry?
- In the etymology graph, Laurie, Lorenzo and Laurent are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Larry?
- A machine transcription gives /læɹi/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Larry have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.6 million people named Larry in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled larry.
- How common is the name Larry?
- In the United States, the national register counted 512,456 people named Larry in 2020, about 1 in 649 residents.
- How common is Larry compared with other names?
- In Singapore, Larry is the 23rd most common given name of 52,448 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Larry?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/larryThe 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, “Larry” — the 23rd most common given name in Singapore. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.