Lorents

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Male Male Name

Usage

Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish

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Origin and Meaning

Nordic spelling of Lorenz [1] [2] [3]

Related Names

See Lorenz

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Lorentsen Denmark Norway
Lorentson Sweden
Lorentsson Sweden

Female

Lorentsdatter Denmark Norway
Lorentsdotter Sweden

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Lorents
Genitive: Lorents'
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Lorents
Genitive: Lorents'
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Lorents
Genitive: Lorents' / Lorents

Name Day

Norway Norway

10 August

Further Information

Strongest Period of Usage

  • Norway:
    • 18th and 19th century, rarely after 1925 [1]
    • 1900-1935 [3]

Predominant Regional Usage

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

Please turn your device to landscape orientation for better view of statistics tables and graphs.
Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[5]
20 74 0 0 20 74
Denmark Denmark[6]
18
n.a.
0
n.a.
18
n.a.
Finland Finland[7]
n.a.
3 0 0
n.a.
3
Norway Norway[8]
101
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
101
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[9]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: 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.

 

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Lorents (m) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Lorents (m)


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  2. Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  4. © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
  5. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  8. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  9. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/