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Laurence vs Lawrence - What's the difference?

laurence | lawrence | Alternative forms |

Lawrence is a alternative form of laurence.



As proper nouns the difference between laurence and lawrence

is that laurence is a given name derived from Latin while Lawrence is a given name derived from Latin, the usual spelling of Laurence in the U.S.

laurence

English

Alternative forms

* Lawrence (usual US spelling)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • * ~1591 William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet , Act II, Scene IV
    • Romeo : Bid her devise / Some means to come to shrift this afternoon; / And there she shall at Friar Laurence' cell / Be shriv'd and married.
  • * 1835 , Lodore , Wallis&Newell 1835, page 30:
    • "I will do any thing, however impossible, if you will only not call me Mr Hervey. Why am I not Laurence''''' to you - Miss Vivian calls me '''Laurence''' - I am '''Laurence''' to every one but you - let me hear you call me ' Laurence ," in an earnest manner.

    • Related terms

    * pet forms: Larry, Laurie, Lawrie * variants: Lars, Loren, Lorenzo

    See also

    * Laura and its variants

    Anagrams

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    lawrence

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , the usual spelling of Laurence in the U.S.

    • Quotations

    * 2007 John Dunning, The Bookworm's Last Fling , Simon & Schuster 2007, ISBN 1416523391, page 321 *: "My name is Richard Lawrence ." *: Candice thought he had a storybook name. Like Lawrence of Arabia, she said, but what she always called him was Ricky. Just a jump away from Tricky Dicky. * 2003 Elise Title, Inside Out: A Mystery , St.Martin's Minotaur 2003, ISBN 0312285825, page 69 *: "I named him Lawrence'. After my father. Pete, that's my husband, he never really liked the name ' Lawrence . He thought it wasn't very..." she shut her eyes for a moment, shaking her head slowly, "...very masculine." She opened her eyes and smiled ruefully. " That's a good one, isn't it?"