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Lawrencia
How to Pronounce Lawrencia
Pronounced law-REN-see-uh /lɔːˈrɛn.si.ə/Medium
Meaning: Lawrencia is a feminine elaboration of Lawrence, which comes from the Latin Laurentius, 'man from Laurentum,' a town whose name evokes the laurel wreath of victory and honor.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Lawrencia takes the classic boy's name Lawrence, rooted in the Latin Laurentius and the laurel crown, and reshapes it as a girl's name with the graceful -ia ending. Feminized forms of masculine classics were a quiet thread in American naming, and Lawrencia surfaces in birth records from the late 1980s onward, touching a modest high in the early 1990s.
It was never common, given to only a couple dozen girls a year even at that peak, so a Lawrencia from that moment would be in her thirties today. It reads as a dignified, formal choice rather than a trend, and parents drawn to it often prefer the smoother Florencia or Lorenza.
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What does the name Lawrencia mean?
It is a feminine form of Lawrence, from the Latin Laurentius, linked to the laurel wreath of honor.
How do you pronounce Lawrencia?
It's said law-REN-see-uh (/lɔːˈrɛn.si.ə/).
Is Lawrencia a boy or girl name?
Lawrencia is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Lawrencia?
It has always been rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak in the early nineteen-nineties.