Laurentiu
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- lah-oo-REN-tsyoo
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Laurentiu is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “from Laurentum”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Laurentiu mean?
Latin: Romanian form of Laurence
“from Laurentum”
Romanian form of Laurence, from the Roman town of Laurentum.
Is Laurentiu a girl's or a boy's name?
Laurentiu is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Laurentiu in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Laurentiu, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 8 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Laurentiu than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Laurentiu in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Laurentiu in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
Names like Laurentiu
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lorenzo, Leo, Leonardo, Remy, Luca, Roman, Theodore, Vincent, Ezra, Louie, Felix, Levi
Names related to Laurentiu
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Laurentiu: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/laurentiu, updated 20 October 2026.