Nordic Names

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Laurentius

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Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Old Swedish Old Swedish
Old Danish Old Danish
Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian

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Origin and Meaning

1) Latin Laurentius = 'man from Laurentum (a town in Latium)' [1] [2]

2) Latin laurus = 'laurel' [3] [2] [4] [5]

See also -ius

Laurel plant
Laurel plant
Image by 'Acabashi',[6]
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See also Lalle, Laure, Laurence, Laurent, Laurenz, Laurus, Lavrants, Lorang, Lorentius, Renti, Rentius

For female forms see Laurentia

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Laurentius
Genitive: Laurentius'
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Laurentius
Genitive: Laurentiuksen
Partitive: Laurentiusta
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Laurentius
Genitive: Laurentius'
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Laurentius
Genitive: Laurentius' / Laurentius

Name Day

Denmark Denmark

10 August

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 1091 people were named Laurentius (percentage of first or only given name: 2 %) [8]

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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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[10]
6 192 0 0 6 192
Finland Finland[11]
n.a.
 66 0 0
n.a.
 66
Denmark Denmark[12]
3
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 3
n.a.
Norway Norway[13]
4
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 4
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[14]
0 1
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[15]
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 Laurentius (m) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Laurentius (m)


References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  4. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  5. ↑ Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
  6. ↑ Wikimedia Commons: Image by 'Acabashi', source & license
  7. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Navnemode og modenavne (1993)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  9. ↑ © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
  10. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  11. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  12. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  13. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  14. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  15. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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