MEANING & HISTORY
What does Lorenzo mean?
Lorenzo is the Italian and Spanish form of Latin Laurentius. Laurentius originally identified someone from Laurentum, a city of ancient Italy.
The city’s own name is commonly connected with Latin laurus, laurel, but that is a further step in the history rather than a direct translation of Lorenzo as a laurel crown. Laurence, Lawrence and Laurent are related forms. The place-based reading explains both the personal name and its later spread through saints named Laurentius, while keeping the distinction between a city of origin and the plant associated with that city.
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Pronunciation & syllables
Synthetic voice reading
Spanish
- /loˈɾenθo/
- [loˈɾẽn̟.θo]
- /loˈɾenso/
- [loˈɾẽn.so]
Lo · ren · zo3 written divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Italian / Spanish / Latin
Dictionary accounts by language
Spanish
From Latin Laurentius, perhaps through Italian.
a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Laurence
Wiktionary: Lorenzo (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract; common glosses translated for Filipino.
People with the name Lorenzo
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Lorenzo Ruiz
Filipino saint and Martyr
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Lorenzo Tañada
Filipino politician (1898–1992)
Descriptions: Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Similar names to Lorenzo
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Names in this collection
- Lorenz♂German Laurentius form; from Laurentum
- Lorenza♀Feminine form of Lorenzo; from Laurentum
- Lorena♀Form of Lorraine; also linked with Lauren
- Loreto♂From Loreto; place-name associated with a laurel grove
- Renzo♂Short form of Lorenzo, from Laurentum
- Alonzo♂Variant of Alonso, in the Alfonso family
- Enzo♂Italian name related to Heinz; also a familiar ending-name form
- Kenzo♂Japanese Kenzō; kanji determine the sense
What rhymes with Lorenzo?
Dictionary rhyme matches for the readings shown.
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Records & sources
Recorded use
- OpenHalalan / COMELEC · 2001
- 30 elected-candidate records ·
LORENZO
· CSV row 2,433 · ODbL 1.0 - Wikidata
- 17 person records with this given name · Q4267021 · CC0
These records document use of the spelling; they are separate from birth statistics.
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata given-name item Q4267021 — Lorenzo (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata — Lorenzo Ruiz (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata — Lorenzo Tañada (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Lorenzo (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name — Lorenzo (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name — Laurence (opens in a new tab)