As proper nouns the difference between lawrence and leo
is that lawrence is , the usual spelling of laurence in the us while leo is , a latinate variant of.
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?"