Laurentius is a

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...

and surname that means "''From Laurentum''" (a city near

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). It is possible that the place name ''Laurentum'' is derived from the Latin ''laurus'' ("

laurel Laurel may refer to: Plants * Lauraceae, the laurel family * Laurel (plant), including a list of trees and plants known as laurel People * Laurel (given name), people with the given name * Laurel (surname), people with the surname * Laurel (mus ...

"). People with the name include: In Early Christianity: *

Lawrence of Rome Saint Lawrence or Laurence ( la, Laurentius, lit. " laurelled"; 31 December AD 225 – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the persecution of the Christians that the Roman ...

, Saint Laurentius of Rome (died 258), Italian deacon and saint, born in Spain In Catholicism: *

Antipope Laurentius Laurentius (possibly Caelius) was the Archpriest of Santa Prassede and later antipope of the See of Rome. Elected in 498 at the Basilica Saint Mariae (presumably Saint Maria Maggiore) with the support of a dissenting faction with Byzantine sympat ...

(r. 498-506), antipope of the Roman Catholic Church *

Laurence of Canterbury Laurence (died 2 February 619) was the second Archbishop of Canterbury, serving from about 604 to 619. He was a member of the Gregorian mission sent from Italy to England to Christianise the Anglo-Saxons from their native Anglo-Saxon pagan ...

, archbishop of Canterbury known as Saint Laurentius *

Lárentíus Kálfsson Lárentíus Kálfsson (medieval Icelandic Laurentius Kálfsson; 10 August 1267 – 16 April 1331) was bishop of the northern Icelandic diocese of Hólar 1324–31. Laurentius studied first with Þórarinn kaggi, his maternal uncle, in Vellir in ...

(1267-1331), bishop of Hólar, Iceland, 1324–1331 *

Laurentius Abstemius Laurentius Abstemius (c. 1440–1508) was an Italian writer and professor of philology, born at Macerata in Ancona. His learned name plays on his family name of Bevilaqua (Drinkwater), and he was also known by the Italian name Lorenzo Astemio. A ...

, Italian writer, Professor of Belles Lettres at Urbino, and Librarian to Duke Guido Ubaldo under Pope Alexander VI *

Laurentia McLachlan Dame Laurentia McLachlan, OSB, ''née'' Margaret McLachlan, (11 January 1866 – 23 August 1953) was a Scottish Benedictine nun, Abbess of Stanbrook Abbey, and an authority on church music. She became posthumously known to a wide public when po ...

, Benedictian nun, Great Britain, 1866–1953 In Byzantium: *

Joannes Laurentius Lydus John the Lydian or John Lydus ( el, ; la, Ioannes Laurentius Lydus) (ca. AD 490 – ca. 565) was a Byzantine administrator and writer on antiquarian subjects. Life and career He was born in 490 AD at Philadelphia in Lydia, whence his cognome ...

, Byzantine writer on antiquarian subjects In Poland: *

Wawrzyniec Grzymała Goślicki Wawrzyniec is a Polish masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Wawrzyniec Cyl (1900-1974), Polish footballer * Wawrzyniec Grzymała Goślicki (circa 1530-1607), Polish nobleman * Wawrzyniec Mitzler de Kolof (1711-1778), Polis ...

, Laurentius Grimaldius Gosliscius, (1530–1607), Polish bishop, political thinker and philosopher best known for his book ''De optimo senatore'' In Lutheranism: *

Laurentius Andreae Laurentius Andreae ( Swedish: Lars Andersson ) (c. 1470 – 14 April 1552) was a Swedish Lutheran clergyman and scholar who is acknowledged as one of his country's preeminent intellectual figures during the first half of the 16th century. In h ...

, Swedish clergyman and scholar *

Laurentius Paulinus Gothus Laurentius Paulinus Gothus (10 November 1565 – 29 November 1646) was a Swedish theologian, astronomer and Archbishop of Uppsala. Biography Gothus was born Lars Paulsson at Söderköping in Östergötland County, Sweden. In 1588, Gothus travel ...

(1565–1646), Swedish theologian, astronomer and Archbishop of Uppsala *

Laurentius Petri Laurentius Petri Nericius (1499 – 27 October 1573) was a Swedish clergyman and the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden. He and his brother Olaus Petri are, together with the King Gustav Vasa, regarded as the main Lutheran reformer ...

(1499–1573), Swedish clergyman and the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden *

Laurentius Petri Gothus Laurentius Petri Gothus (died 12 February 1579) was the second Swedish Lutheran Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden. He served from 1575 to 1579. Biography He was born Lars Petersson in either 1529 or 1530 in the province of Östergötland, from whic ...

, the second Swedish Lutheran Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden * Paul Laurentius (1554–1624), Lutheran divine * Laurentius Christophori Hornæus, minister and witch hunter in Torsåker and Ytterlännäs, Sweden In other fields: *

Henrik Laurentius Helliesen Henrik Laurentius Helliesen (20 December 1824–22 July 1900) was a Norwegian civil servant and politician. Helliesen was born in Bodø (town), Bodø in Nordland county, Norway. He studied law and earned his law degree at the University of ...

, Norwegian Minister of Finance in several periods between 1863 and 1883 * ''Laurentius'' (weevil), a beetle genus in the tribe Apostasimerini * Laurentius "Lou" van den Dries, Dutch mathematician

Variants of Laurentius

Variants (in various languages) include: *

Lars Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries. Origin ''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel". A homonymous Etruscan name was bo ...

(Germanic languages) * Labhrás, Lorcán (Irish) *

Laur Laur, officially the Municipality of Laur ( tl, Bayan ng Laur), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija in Central Luzon region of Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 38,263 people.. Laur is locat ...

(Estonian) * Laurens (Dutch, French) * Lauri (Estonian, Finnish) *

Laurits Laurits is a masculine given name, a Danish and Estonian variant of the Scandinavian Lauritz, related to the English names Laurence and Lawrence. It may refer to: *Laurits, fire god related to St. Lawrence in Estonian mythology Given name * H ...

(Danish, Estonian, German) *

Lauritz Lauritz is a typically masculine given name, a Scandinavian form of the English Laurence or Lawrence. Another Danish and Estonian form is Laurits. Popularity in Scandinavia The name has been decreasing in popularity in all Scandinavian countr ...

(Danish, Norwegian) * Lárus (Icelandic) * Laurent (French) * Лаврентий, Лаурентий ( Lavrentiy, Russian) * Лаврентiй, Лаурентiй ( Lavrentiy, Ukrainian) * Λαυρέντιος ( Lavrentios, Greek) *

Laurence Laurence is an English and French given name (usually female in French and usually male in English). The English masculine name is a variant of Lawrence and it originates from a French form of the Latin ''Laurentius'', a name meaning "man from ...

(English, French) *

Lawrence Lawrence may refer to: Education Colleges and universities * Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States * Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States Preparator ...

Larry Larry is a masculine given name in English, derived from Lawrence or Laurence. It can be a shortened form of those names. Larry may refer to the following: People Arts and entertainment * Larry D. Alexander, American artist/writer *Larry Boone ...

Lawrie Lawrie is a (patronymic or paternal) family name of Scottish origin which means "crafty." Variants of which include: Laurie, Lorrie, Larry, Laury, Lawry and Lowrie. It is also used as a given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Lawrence. Sur ...

(English) *

Loran LORAN, short for long range navigation, was a hyperbolic radio navigation system developed in the United States during World War II. It was similar to the UK's Gee system but operated at lower frequencies in order to provide an improved range u ...

Loren Loren is a given name, nickname and surname which may refer to: Given name Men * Loren Acton (born 1936), American physicist and astronaut * Loren C. Ball (born 1948), amateur astronomer who has discovered more than 100 asteroids * Loren M. Ber ...

(Turkish) * Lorens (Scandinavian) *

Lorentz Lorentz is a name derived from the Roman surname, Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum". It is the German form of Laurence. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Lorentz Aspen (born 1978), Norwegian heavy metal pianist and keyboar ...

Lorenz Lorenz is an originally German name derived from the Roman surname Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum". Given name People with the given name Lorenz include: * Prince Lorenz of Belgium (born 1955), member of the Belgian royal family by h ...

Lenz Lenz may refer to: Places * Lenasia, Gauteng Province, South Africa, a township often called Lenz * Lantsch/Lenz, Canton of Grisons, Switzerland, a municipality * Lenz, Hood River County, Oregon, an unincorporated community * Lenz, Klamath County, ...

(German) * Lorenzo, Lorente, Llorente (Italian, Spanish) * Laurenti (Italian) * Լորիս (

Loris Loris is the common name for the strepsirrhine mammals of the subfamily Lorinae (sometimes spelled Lorisinae) in the family Lorisidae. ''Loris'' is one genus in this subfamily and includes the slender lorises, ''Nycticebus'' is the genus conta ...

, Armenian) * Lourenzo (Galician) *

Lourenço Lourenço is a town and district in the Brazilian municipality of Calçoene, in the interior of the state of Amapá. The main economic activities of the town is gold mining. It is one of the oldest mines in Brazil. History Gold mining in Louren ...

(Portuguese) * Lourens (Afrikaans) * Lőrinc (Hungarian) * Laurențiu, Lorint (Romanian) *

Lauris Lauris (; oc, Làurias) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is located between the Luberon and the Durance river. The town has seen a rapid increase in population in sinc ...

(Latvian) *

Laurynas Laurynas is a Lithuanian masculine given name and may refer to: *Laurynas Beliauskas (born 1997), Lithuanian basketball player *Laurynas Birutis (born 1997), Lithuanian basketball player * Laurynas Gucevičius (1753–1798), Polish-Lithuanian arch ...

(Lithuanian) * Llorenç (Catalan) * Vavrinec (Slovak) * Vavřinec (Czech) * Wawrzyniec (Polish) * Lovro,

Lovrović Lovrović is a Croatian surname derived from a masculine given name Lovro. Notable people with the surname include: * Dan Lovrović (born 1984), Croatian sailor * Marin Lovrović Jr. (born 1973), Croatian sailor {{DEFAULTSORT:Lovrovic Surnames ...

, Lovre (Croatian) * Lovrenc, Lovro,

Voranc Voranc is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Prežihov Voranc Prežihov Voranc (10 August 1893 – 18 February 1950) was the pen name of Lovro Kuhar, a Slovene writer and communist political activist. Voranc's ...

(Slovenian) * Lorik, Laurent, Laurat (Albanian)

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Variants of Laurentius

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