Last name origin & meaning: English: from the Middle English and Old French personal name
Lorens, Laurence (Latin Laurentius ‘man from
Laurentum’, a place in Italy probably named from its laurels or
bay trees). The name was borne by a saint who was martyred at Rome in
the 3rd century ad; he enjoyed a considerable cult throughout
Europe, with consequent popularity of the personal name (French
Laurent, Italian, Spanish Lorenzo, Catalan
Llorenç, Portuguese Lourenço, German
Laurenz; Polish Wawrzyniec (assimilated to the Polish
word wawrzyn ‘laurel’), etc.). The surname is also borne by
Jews among whom it is presumably an Americanized form of one or more
like-sounding Ashkenazic surnames. Famous people with this last name:
Martin Lawrence This name appears in the following lists:
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