Lawrence

Where Lawrence comes from

See Laurence.
— Wiktionary's entry for Lawrence
  • Latin
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #65 among boys — 257 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1912
    Lawrence Durrell born
    British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer
  3. 1942
    Peak, #30
    7,639 babies named Lawrence — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1961
    Lawrence Lessig born
    American academic, political activist
  5. 1971
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #85.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin, the usual spelling of Laurence in the U.S.; masculine of Lauren
Namesakes
  • Lawrence Lessig · American academic, political activist, born 1961
  • Lawrence Durrell · British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer, 1912–1990
  • Lawrence Klein · American economist, 1920–2013
  • Lawrence Alma-Tadema · Dutch-born British painter, 1836–1912
  • Lawrence Wong · Prime Minister of Singapore since 2024, born 1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.