"Laurence" meaning in English

See Laurence in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈlɒ.ɹəns/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlɔɹəns/ [General-American], /ˈlɑɹəns/ [New-York-City] Forms: Laurences [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒɹəns Etymology: From the name of a third century Roman martyr, Latin Laurentius, "a person from Laurentum", the place name possibly derived from laurus (“laurel”) . Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|Laurentius}} Latin Laurentius Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Laurence (plural Laurences)
  1. A male given name from Latin, feminine equivalent Lauren Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Related terms (feminine forms): Lauren, Laura Related terms (pet forms): Larry, Laurie, Lawrie, Lol Translations (male given name): Renës [masculine] (Albanian), Renes [masculine] (Albanian), لورانس (Arabic), Lorient [masculine] (Aragonese), Լորիս (english: Loris) (Armenian), Llorenç (Catalan), 勞倫斯 (Chinese Mandarin), 劳伦斯 (Láolunsī) (Chinese Mandarin), Lorenzu (Corsican), Lurenzu (Corsican), Vavřinec (Czech), Lars (Danish), Laurens (Dutch), Laŭrenco (Esperanto), Lauri (Estonian), Lavrans [masculine] (Faroese), Laars [masculine] (Faroese), Lars [masculine] (Faroese), Lauri (Finnish), Laurent (French), Lurinç (Friulian), Lourenzo (Galician), Lorenz (German), Λαυρέντιος (Lavréntios) (Greek), Laasi (Greenlandic), Lőrinc (Hungarian), Lárus (Icelandic), Labhrás [masculine] (Irish), Lorenzo (Italian), ロレンス (Rorensu) (Japanese), ローラン (Rōran) (Japanese), Laurënz (Ladin), Laurentius (Latin), Lauris (Latvian), Loénso (Ligurian), Laurynas (Lithuanian), Lorenz (Lombard), Lurenzo (Neapolitan), Louothains (Norman), Lars (Norwegian), Laurits (Norwegian), Laurenç [masculine] (Occitan), Lorenz (Old French), Lafranz [masculine] (Old Norse), Laurens (Old Occitan), Rorẽso (Old Tupi), Laurencjusz (Polish), Laurenty (Polish), Wawrzyniec (Polish), Lourenço (Portuguese), Laurêncio [masculine] (Portuguese), Laurențiu (Romanian), Лавре́нтий (Lavréntij) (Russian), Labhrainn (Scottish Gaelic), Ловро [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), Lovro [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), Vavrinec (Slovak), Lovrenc (Slovene), Lorenzo (Spanish), Lars (Swedish), Лавре́нтій (Lavréntij) [masculine] (Ukrainian), Łorenso (Venetian), Lôrensô (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Laurence-en-name-5HuWp78t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Aragonese translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Corsican translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Friulian translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Greenlandic translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Ladin translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Ligurian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Lombard translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Neapolitan translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Old French translations, Terms with Old Norse translations, Terms with Old Occitan translations, Terms with Old Tupi translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Venetian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with 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with Swedish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Venetian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of 'feminine forms': 92 8 Disambiguation of 'pet forms': 59 41 Disambiguation of 'male given name': 95 5
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
    Sense id: en-Laurence-en-name-Xs1vzbdd Categories (other): English surnames, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 32 15 36 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Lawrence (english: usual US spelling) Related terms: Laurie [surname], Lourie [surname], Loury [surname], Lowrie [surname], Lowry [surname], Lars [variant], Loren [variant], Lorenzo [variant], Laura and its variants
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          "ref": "c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:",
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          "ref": "1835, Mary Shelley, Lodore, Wallis&Newell, published 1835, page 30:",
          "text": "\"I will do any thing, however impossible, if you will only not call me Mr Hervey. Why am I not Laurence to you - Miss Vivian calls me Laurence - I am Laurence to every one but you - let me hear you call me Laurence,\" in an earnest manner.",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fro",
          "lang": "Old French",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "word": "Lurinç"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "sense": "male given name",
          "word": "Lorenz"
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          "sense": "male given name",
          "word": "Λαυρέντιος"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "nap",
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          "sense": "male given name",
          "word": "Lurenzo"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "male given name",
          "word": "Louothains"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "male given name",
          "word": "Lars"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "male given name",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "male given name",
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          "word": "Laurenç"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "non",
          "lang": "Old Norse",
          "sense": "male given name",
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          "word": "Lafranz"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pro",
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          "sense": "male given name",
          "word": "Laurens"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "lang": "Old Tupi",
          "sense": "male given name",
          "word": "Rorẽso"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "male given name",
          "word": "Laurencjusz"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "male given name",
          "word": "Laurenty"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "male given name",
          "word": "Wawrzyniec"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "male given name",
          "word": "Lourenço"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "male given name",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "Laurêncio"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "male given name",
          "word": "Laurențiu"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "roman": "Lavréntij",
          "sense": "male given name",
          "word": "Лавре́нтий"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "sense": "male given name",
          "word": "Labhrainn"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "sense": "male given name",
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          "word": "Lovro"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "sense": "male given name",
          "word": "Vavrinec"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "male given name",
          "word": "Lovrenc"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "male given name",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "male given name",
          "word": "Lars"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "roman": "Lavréntij",
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          "word": "Лавре́нтій"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "sense": "male given name",
          "word": "Łorenso"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "male given name",
          "word": "Lôrensô"
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      "ipa": "/ˈlɒ.ɹəns/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈlɔɹəns/",
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        "General-American"
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      "ipa": "/ˈlɑɹəns/",
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    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Aragonese translations",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Corsican translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Faroese translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Friulian translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Greenlandic translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Ladin translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
    "Terms with Ligurian translations",
    "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
    "Terms with Lombard translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Neapolitan translations",
    "Terms with Norman translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Occitan translations",
    "Terms with Old French translations",
    "Terms with Old Norse translations",
    "Terms with Old Occitan translations",
    "Terms with Old Tupi translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Slovene translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Venetian translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations"
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      "word": "Lauren"
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    {
      "sense": "feminine forms",
      "word": "Laura"
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    {
      "sense": "pet forms",
      "word": "Larry"
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    {
      "sense": "pet forms",
      "word": "Laurie"
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      "sense": "pet forms",
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    {
      "sense": "pet forms",
      "word": "Lol"
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    {
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        "surname"
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      "word": "Lourie"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Loury"
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    {
      "tags": [
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    {
      "tags": [
        "surname"
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      "word": "Lowry"
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      "word": "Lars"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Loren"
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          "ref": "c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:",
          "text": "Romeo: Bid her devise / Some means to come to shrift this afternoon; / And there she shall at Friar Laurence' cell / Be shriv'd and married.",
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          "ref": "1835, Mary Shelley, Lodore, Wallis&Newell, published 1835, page 30:",
          "text": "\"I will do any thing, however impossible, if you will only not call me Mr Hervey. Why am I not Laurence to you - Miss Vivian calls me Laurence - I am Laurence to every one but you - let me hear you call me Laurence,\" in an earnest manner.",
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈlɔɹəns/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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      "ipa": "/ˈlɑɹəns/",
      "tags": [
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    }
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Renës"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Renes"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "لورانس"
    },
    {
      "code": "an",
      "lang": "Aragonese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lorient"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "english": "Loris",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Լորիս"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Llorenç"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "勞倫斯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Láolunsī",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "劳伦斯"
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      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lorenzu"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lurenzu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Vavřinec"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lars"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Laurens"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Laŭrenco"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lauri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lavrans"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Laars"
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    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Lars"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lauri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Laurent"
    },
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      "code": "fro",
      "lang": "Old French",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lorenz"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lurinç"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lourenzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lorenz"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Lavréntios",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Λαυρέντιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Laasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lőrinc"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lárus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Labhrás"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lorenzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Rorensu",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "ロレンス"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Rōran",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "ローラン"
    },
    {
      "code": "lld",
      "lang": "Ladin",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Laurënz"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Laurentius"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lauris"
    },
    {
      "code": "lij",
      "lang": "Ligurian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Loénso"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Laurynas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lmo",
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lorenz"
    },
    {
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lurenzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Louothains"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lars"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Laurits"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Laurenç"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lafranz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pro",
      "lang": "Old Occitan",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Laurens"
    },
    {
      "code": "tpw",
      "lang": "Old Tupi",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Rorẽso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Laurencjusz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Laurenty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Wawrzyniec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lourenço"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Laurêncio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Laurențiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Lavréntij",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Лавре́нтий"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Labhrainn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "Ловро"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "Lovro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Vavrinec"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lovrenc"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lorenzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lars"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Lavréntij",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Лавре́нтій"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Łorenso"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lôrensô"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Laurence"
}

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