Lawerence
Masculine · “from Laurentum”
Lawerence has an e and an r in the wrong order, and that is the signature of a name heard far more often than it is read. Lawrence is one of the most-used men's names in English, and its middle syllable is unstressed and swallowed — which means the letters in it are recorded by ear rather than by memory.
How old is the name Lawerence?
Lawerence first appears in US birth records in 1881 — 144 years ago. The typical Lawerence alive today was born around 1945, making them about 80 years old. About 2,100 people named Lawerence are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lawerence most popular?
Lawerence peaked in 1949, reaching #607 nationally. See the whole 1949 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Laurentum to Lawerence
The story of Lawerence
The middle of Lawrence is a single reduced vowel between two consonant clusters, and English speakers do not articulate it at all — LOR-ins is what the name is in ordinary speech. A family writing it down from hearing has to guess whether that vowel is an e, and where it goes. Lawerence, Lawrance and Larance all appear in American records for exactly that reason. They are not carelessness so much as evidence: a name written by people who knew it entirely by sound.
Meaningscholars disagree
from Laurentum
Laurentius means a man of Laurentum, an ancient town in Latium, and the town's own name is generally connected to laurus, the laurel — so the tree arrives at one remove and may be an explanation rather than the source. Roman writers already told it that way. Either reading ends at the laurel, and the crown of bay leaves given to victors and poets is what the name has always carried.
How the name formed
- Laurentum
- Laurentius
- Lawrence
- Lawerence
Related forms: Lorenzo · Lorenzo · Laurent · Wawrzyniec
Pronouncing Lawerence
LOR-ins
LOR-ins, two syllables, stress at the front, the middle vowel gone entirely. Lawrence and Lawerence are said identically, which is exactly why the transposition happens and why it survives.
Nicknames for Lawerence
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1881
- Most boys named
- 1949125 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #607reached in 1949
- Change vs 2010
- −16.7%5 in 2015, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lawerence in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lorenzo in Italian — same name
- Lorenzo in Spanish — same name
- Laurent in French — same name
- Wawrzyniec in Polish — same name
Lawerences among us
people named Lawerence are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Lawerence sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The name behind it descends from a documented Roman town and a widely venerated saint.
- Larry is a complete working short form that needs no explanation.
- Every European language has a version, so it crosses a border without translation.
- Lawrence is the standard spelling and this reads as a transposition, because that is what it is.
- Because the difference is inaudible, correcting it is a purely visual argument.
- The name is strongly associated with the middle of the last century in America.
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- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,100 people named Lawerence are estimated to be alive in the US today.
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- Lawerence is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
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- Lawerence will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with L, all years combined.
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