Laurens
Laurens is a masculine Dutch given name, the equivalent of Lawrence/Laurence. Notable people with the name include:Laurens Jan Anjema, Dutch squash player Laurens Jacobsz Alteras, Dutch vice admiral Laurens Bake (1629-1702), Dutch poet Laurens Bogtman (1900-1969), Dutch baritone singer Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, Dutch politician Laurens Janszoon Coster, Dutch printer Laurens Craen, Dutch…
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Laurens
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Laurens is a masculine Dutch given name, the equivalent of Lawrence/Laurence. Notable people with the name include:Laurens Jan Anjema, Dutch squash player Laurens Jacobsz Alteras, Dutch vice admiral Laurens Bake (1629-1702), Dutch poet Laurens Bogtman (1900-1969), Dutch baritone singer Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, Dutch politician Laurens Janszoon Coster, Dutch printer Laurens Craen, Dutch…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Dutch
The Story of Laurens
The earliest SSA record of Laurens as a baby boy name dates back to 1915, when 7 babies received it. 1942 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Laurens — #2,523 in the national rankings. The 1950s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 23% of all recorded Laurenss. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2005 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 150 Laurenss have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Laurens
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Laurens. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Lau
- Laurentius
- Rens
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About the name Laurens
Laurens is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 150 births in the dataset. Laurens's peak popularity came in 1942 when it ranked #2,523. Use the chart and map above to compare Laurens's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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