Laurence

• Lawrence (usual US spelling)

From the name of a third century Roman martyr, Latin Laurentius, "a person from Laurentum", the place name possibly derived from laurus (“laurel”) .

Laurence

1. A male given name
   • ~1591 William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene IV

     Romeo: Bid her devise / Some means to come to shrift this afternoon; / And there she shall at Friar Laurence' cell / Be shriv'd and married.

   • 1835 Mary Shelley, Lodore, Wallis&Newell 1835, page 30:

     "I will do any thing, however impossible, if you will only not call me Mr Hervey. Why am I not Laurence to you - Miss Vivian calls me Laurence - I am Laurence to every one but you - let me hear you call me Laurence," in an earnest manner.

2. A patronymic surname​.

• pet forms: Larry, Laurie, Lawrie
• variants: Lars, Loren, Lorenzo

• Laura and its variants

• cerulean, crenulae

• IPA^(key): /lo.ʁɑ̃s/

Laurence f

1. A female given name, feminine form of Laurent.

• enculera