Laurentius

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Male Name

Usage

Old Norse
Old Swedish
Swedish
Danish

Origin and Meaning

Latin Laurentius = 'man from Laurentum (a town in Latium)' ^[1]

Latin laurus = 'laurel' ^[2]

Related Names

Lárentsínus	♂
Laurent	♂		French
Laurentius	♂
Lauri	♂

See also Lalle, Laurence, Laurentia, Laurenz, Laurus, Lavrants, Lorenz, Renti

Name Day

Denmark

10 August

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 12th century ^[2]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[3]		0	n.a.	5	n.a
Sweden[4]		0	0	4	180
Norway[5]		0	0	0	0
Finland[6]		n.a.	2	n.a	50
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Laurentius.

Sources: ^{[4] [3] [5] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi