Lawrence

Meaning: Of Laurentum
Origin: Latin — Variant of Laurence

Nicknames: Larry, Laurie, Law, Lawrie

Boy's name · #520 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Lawrence — on the books since 1880, #520 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 461,000 boys have carried the name since. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 39 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#309 in New Zealand (2025) · #477 in Canada (2025) · #549 in England & Wales (2025) · #560 in Scotland (2025) · #829 in Ireland (2025) · #1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #5,035 in France (2025) · #15,416 in Italy (2024) · #2,765 in Austria (2024) · #6,624 in Ecuador (2023) · #907 in Poland (2022) · #1,249 in Belgium (2014) and 3 more.

Famous Lawrences

Lawrence of Rome — Early Christian deacon of Rome and martyr (225–258)
Lawrence Lessig — American legal scholar and activist (born 1961)
Lawrence Klein — American economist (1920–2013)
Lawrence Durrell — British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer (1912–1990)
Lawrence Alma-Tadema — Dutch-born British painter (1836–1912)
Lawrence Wong — Prime Minister of Singapore since 2024 (born 1972)
Lawrence O'Donnell — American television presenter (born 1951)
Lawrence Summers — American economist (born 1954)
Lawrence M. Krauss — American particle physicist and cosmologist (born 1954)
Lawrence Kasdan — American filmmaker (born 1949)

In stories & tradition

Lawrence Kutner — House M.D. (TV series)
Lawrence Alamain — Days of Our Lives (TV series)
Lawrence Gordon^it — Saw (film series)

What Lawrences become

Among 2,173 notable people named Lawrence:

Lawyers & judges appear 1.67× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lawrence Bacow, American legal scholar and former president of Harvard University (born 1951).

Spellings & nicknames

About 230 boys a year are given Larry as their full name.

Similar names: Laurence · Jimmy · Lance · Terrence · Johnny · Bruce

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