Lawerence
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LOR-ens
- Origin
- Latin
Lawerence is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “from Laurentum”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Lawerence mean?
Latin: spelling of Lawrence, from Laurentius
“from Laurentum”
A variant spelling of Lawrence, from the Roman name Laurentius, a man from the town of Laurentum.
Is Lawerence a girl's or a boy's name?
Lawerence is a boys' name.
How popular is Lawerence in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1949, with 125 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the boys named Lawerence in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 1957, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lawerence in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 21 | #2,426 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 24 | #2,165 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,366 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 19 | #2,361 |
| 1976 | 21 | #2,176 |
| 1975 | 26 | #1,834 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,457 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 17 | #2,243 |
| 1971 | 25 | #1,783 |
| 1970 | 30 | #1,545 |
| 1969 | 39 | #1,265 |
| 1968 | 27 | #1,505 |
| 1967 | 34 | #1,286 |
| 1966 | 36 | #1,258 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,294 |
| 1964 | 44 | #1,160 |
| 1963 | 35 | #1,317 |
| 1962 | 52 | #1,055 |
| 1961 | 52 | #1,077 |
| 1960 | 62 | #963 |
| 1959 | 62 | #974 |
| 1958 | 78 | #854 |
| 1957 | 105 | #731 |
| 1956 | 93 | #761 |
| 1955 | 108 | #704 |
| 1954 | 99 | #724 |
| 1953 | 99 | #716 |
| 1952 | 94 | #725 |
| 1951 | 108 | #671 |
| 1950 | 111 | #661 |
| 1949 | 125 | #606 |
| 1948 | 95 | #685 |
| 1947 | 87 | #736 |
| 1946 | 88 | #689 |
| 1945 | 68 | #743 |
| 1944 | 87 | #664 |
| 1943 | 83 | #703 |
| 1942 | 90 | #680 |
| 1941 | 71 | #733 |
| 1940 | 67 | #751 |
| 1939 | 90 | #610 |
| 1938 | 76 | #694 |
| 1937 | 64 | #764 |
| 1936 | 77 | #675 |
| 1935 | 85 | #641 |
| 1934 | 71 | #725 |
| 1933 | 75 | #685 |
| 1932 | 63 | #802 |
| 1931 | 57 | #831 |
| 1930 | 74 | #738 |
| 1929 | 64 | #806 |
| 1928 | 83 | #694 |
| 1927 | 77 | #745 |
| 1926 | 79 | #716 |
| 1925 | 75 | #759 |
| 1924 | 86 | #710 |
| 1923 | 71 | #786 |
| 1922 | 64 | #855 |
| 1921 | 70 | #814 |
| 1920 | 61 | #877 |
| 1919 | 64 | #819 |
| 1918 | 87 | #664 |
| 1917 | 60 | #822 |
| 1916 | 70 | #715 |
| 1915 | 51 | #863 |
| 1914 | 43 | #802 |
| 1913 | 25 | #995 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,000 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,037 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,117 |
| 1909 | 14 | #756 |
| 1908 | 15 | #685 |
| 1907 | 8 | #998 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | 7 | #966 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 7 | #857 |
| 1900 | 8 | #967 |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 7 | #851 |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 9 | #738 |
| 1894 | 8 | #786 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
Nicknames for Lawerence
- Larry 7 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Lawerence
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lawrence, Maurice, Francis, George, Leonard, Louis, Martin, Paul, Robert, Lewis, Lyle, Wallace
Names related to Lawerence
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lawerence: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lawerence, updated 20 October 2026.