American Family Name Origins:
Laurence
Frequency: (1066)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. English: variant spelling of Lawrence.
2. French: from the female personal name Laurence, a feminine equivalent of Lawrence.
GIVEN NAMES: French 4%. Andre, Marcel, Normand, Patrice, Raymonde, Serge.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
