THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Laurence
Laurence appears in 2 eligible records in the OpenHalalan transcription of COMELEC’s 2001 elected-candidate lists. The recorded spelling is kept separate from other spellings. This documents a source-reported name form, not a lexical meaning, a birth count, or a national popularity rank.
The etymology is not settled. The explanation above keeps the source’s uncertainty rather than assigning a definite meaning.
Pronunciation & syllables
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English
- /ˈlɒ.ɹəns/Received-Pronunciation
- /ˈlɔɹəns/General-American
- /ˈlɑɹəns/New-York-City
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
From the name of a third century Roman martyr, Latin Laurentius, "a person from Laurentum", the place name possibly derived from laurus (“laurel”).
A male given name from Latin, feminine equivalent Lauren.
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Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
2
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Laurence in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Laurence
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Laurince·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Lawrence♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Clarence♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Lauren♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Laurencia·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Lavrente♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Castrence·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Florence♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Laurence?
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Recorded combinations with Laurence
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
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Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Laurence (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.