Larry
Fewer than fifty men in Poland carry Larry, so most Poles have never met one, and no boy has been given it this century. The name is Latin at root, meaning "crowned with laurel".
Larry Pronunciation
Larry is pronounced LAHR-rih (/ˈlarrɨ/).
What Larry means
Where Larry comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Larry began as a short form of Laurence, the English name that goes back to Latin Laurentius. That Roman name pointed to Laurentum, a town on the coast of Latium, and the town's name ties to the laurel, laurus in Latin. From that thread comes the meaning kept today: crowned with laurel, or in Polish uwieńczony laurem.
In Rome the laurel wreath crowned victors and poets alike. To wear one was to be marked by triumph. Larry inherits that image at one remove, through Laurence and the saints who bore the fuller name, among them the deacon Lawrence of Rome, martyred in 258. The short form itself is plain and friendly, and it took hold across the English-speaking world.
A Polish child called Larry stands out on a school register. The name is short. Read the meaning back, and it holds a Roman crown of laurel.
How many people are named Larry
1 in 496423 men in Poland is named Larry. 43 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5866 among male names.
Larry as a middle name
Larry is a first name for 43 men in Poland and a middle name for another 11, an 80/20 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2955th, between Korwin (11) and Laurentiu (11).
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#2953 Kenji11
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#2954 Korwin11
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#2955 Larry11
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#2956 Laurentiu11
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#2957 Laurenty11