Lawrance
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LOR-ens
- Origin
- Latin
Lawrance is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “from Laurentum”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Lawrance 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 Lawrance a girl's or a boy's name?
Lawrance is a boys' name.
How popular is Lawrance in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1950, with 71 boys. It first appears in the records in 1889.
Half of all the boys named Lawrance in the US since 1880 were born between 1939 and 1967, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lawrance in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,678 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,068 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,008 |
| 1976 | 19 | #2,328 |
| 1975 | 19 | #2,287 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,050 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 21 | #1,966 |
| 1971 | 21 | #1,986 |
| 1970 | 29 | #1,581 |
| 1969 | 37 | #1,302 |
| 1968 | 33 | #1,339 |
| 1967 | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1966 | 29 | #1,427 |
| 1965 | 34 | #1,317 |
| 1964 | 40 | #1,218 |
| 1963 | 42 | #1,194 |
| 1962 | 34 | #1,340 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,155 |
| 1960 | 42 | #1,209 |
| 1959 | 47 | #1,128 |
| 1958 | 43 | #1,171 |
| 1957 | 60 | #980 |
| 1956 | 54 | #1,018 |
| 1955 | 52 | #1,046 |
| 1954 | 54 | #1,019 |
| 1953 | 52 | #998 |
| 1952 | 71 | #829 |
| 1951 | 63 | #880 |
| 1950 | 71 | #805 |
| 1949 | 53 | #945 |
| 1948 | 64 | #851 |
| 1947 | 45 | #1,080 |
| 1946 | 41 | #1,075 |
| 1945 | 53 | #860 |
| 1944 | 37 | #1,085 |
| 1943 | 36 | #1,140 |
| 1942 | 40 | #1,074 |
| 1941 | 53 | #870 |
| 1940 | 31 | #1,208 |
| 1939 | 44 | #942 |
| 1938 | 39 | #1,030 |
| 1937 | 37 | #1,056 |
| 1936 | 32 | #1,169 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,538 |
| 1934 | 29 | #1,241 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,405 |
| 1932 | 28 | #1,286 |
| 1931 | 23 | #1,458 |
| 1930 | 25 | #1,463 |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,480 |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,480 |
| 1927 | 34 | #1,248 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,432 |
| 1925 | 18 | #1,869 |
| 1924 | 19 | #1,839 |
| 1923 | 35 | #1,213 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,629 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,475 |
| 1920 | 27 | #1,416 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,480 |
| 1918 | 18 | #1,826 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,090 |
| 1916 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,706 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,491 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
Nicknames for Lawrance
- Larry 7 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Lawrance
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maurice, Paul, Bruce, Martin, Robert, Thomas, Richard, Wayne, Leonard, Francis, Jerome, Joseph
Names related to Lawrance
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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, “Lawrance: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lawrance, updated 20 October 2026.