Laurenty
A Latin name, the root behind Wawrzyniec, tied to the laurel wreath once given to victors. Most Poles will never meet one: only fourteen men in the whole country carry it.
Laurenty Pronunciation
Laurenty is pronounced lah-oo-REN-tih (/lauˈrɛntɨ/).
What Laurenty means
Where Laurenty comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Laurenty traces back to the Latin Laurentius, a name linked to Laurentum, a town on the coast near Rome, and to laurus, the laurel. In Rome the laurel marked victory and honour, awarded to generals and to poets. The Polish gloss keeps that picture: uwieńczony wawrzynem, crowned with laurel. The plainest reading is older still, from Laurentum itself.
In Poland the name grew its own body. Wawrzyniec became the full Polish variant, and Wawrzyn served as the short, familiar form. Saint Lawrence, św. Wawrzyniec, the Roman deacon martyred in 258, fixed the name to a calendar day, 10 August.
On that imieniny, a boy might hear Wawrzyniec called from the class register. Laurenty itself stays nearer the Latin. The forms differ, yet all of them lead back to Laurentum and the laurel.
When Laurenty celebrates name day
Laurenty appears 8 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 8 January.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
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in 120 days8 JanuaryFriday in 2027
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in 145 days2 FebruaryTuesday in 2027
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in 155 days12 FebruaryFriday in 2027
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in 269 days6 JuneSunday in 2027
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in 314 days21 JulyWednesday in 2027
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in 334 days10 AugustTuesday in 2027
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in 340 days16 AugustMonday in 2027
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in 65 days14 NovemberSaturday in 2026
How many people are named Laurenty
1 in 1524728 men in Poland is named Laurenty. 14 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #12775 among male names.
Laurenty's popularity over time
2 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1658 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Where Laurenty is most popular
Laurenty is most popular in Greater Poland, 904% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Greater Poland2 boys born+904%
Laurenty as a middle name
Laurenty is a first name for 14 men in Poland and a middle name for another 11, a 56/44 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2957th, between Laurentiu (11) and Lazaro (11).
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#2955 Larry11
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#2956 Laurentiu11
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#2957 Laurenty11
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#2958 Lazaro11
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#2959 Lenard11