Lourenço is a

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surname and masculine given name of

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origin. It is used in

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, In recognized minority languages of Portugal: :* mwl, República Pertuesa is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Macaronesian ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

, and other

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. The name was derived from the Roman surname

Laurentius Laurentius is a Latin given name and surname that means "''From Laurentum''" (a city near Rome). It is possible that the place name ''Laurentum'' is derived from the Latin ''laurus'' (" laurel"). People with the name include: In Early Christia ...

, which meant "from Laurentum".

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was an ancient Roman city of Latium situated between Ostia and

Lavinium Lavinium was a port city of Latium, to the south of Rome, midway between the Tiber river at Ostia and Antium. The coastline then, as now, was a long strip of beach. Lavinium was on a hill at the southernmost edge of the ''Silva Laurentina'', a ...

, on the west coast of the Italian peninsula southwest of

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Notable people named Lourenço

Lourenço (footballer) João Paulo Ferreira Lourenço (born 7 September 1997), simply known as Lourenço is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Ceará, as a winger. Club career Born in Belo Horizonte, Lourenço graduated from the youth academy of Avaí. On 19 March ...

, Brazilian footballer * Lourenço de Almeida, Portuguese explorer and military commander *

Lourenço Mutarelli Lourenço Mutarelli (born April 18, 1964) is a Brazilian comic book artist, writer and actor who became well regarded in the Brazilian underground comics scene in the late 1980s and 1990s. In addition to comic books, Mutarelli has also created p ...

, Brazilian comic book artist, writer and actor *

Lourenço Martins Lourenço Martins (born ) is a Portuguese male volleyball player. He is part of the Portugal men's national volleyball team The Portugal men's national volleyball team is the team representing Portugal in volleyball competitions. Their best r ...

, Portuguese volleyball player *

Lourenço Ortigão Lourenço Osório de Aragão Ortigão Pinto, known as Lourenço Ortigão (born August 9, 1989), is a Portuguese actor. Filmography TV Cinema References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ortigão, Lourenço 1989 births 21st-century Portuguese male acto ...

, Portuguese actor * João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, President of Angola Portuguese given names Portuguese masculine given names Surnames from given names Portuguese-language surnames {{Given name, type=both