Wawrzyn
A Latin name for the laurel, the wreath of victory and triumph. Barely 62 men in Poland carry it and no boys have been given it in years, so meeting one would stay with you.
Wawrzyn Pronunciation
Wawrzyn is pronounced VAHV-zhihn (/ˈvavʐɨn/).
What Wawrzyn means
Where Wawrzyn comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Wawrzyn comes from Latin. Behind it stand laurus, the laurel tree, and Laurentum, an old town in Latium that gave the Roman name Laurentius its shape. Polish borrowed the plant word directly. Wawrzyn means laurel, and laur means triumph, the wreath set on a winner's brow. In Rome that wreath crowned generals and poets, and the image rode along with the name.
The fuller Polish form is Wawrzyniec, the local answer to Lawrence. Laurenty walks beside it as another variant. Saint Wawrzyniec, a deacon killed in Rome in 258, holds the name-day on 10 August, deep in the Polish summer.
Open a school register now and a young Wawrzyniec turns up seldom, an old name in slow return. Friends and teachers shorten him to Wawrzek. The wreath inside the name stays plain laurel, wawrzyn, worn by whoever won the race.
How many people are named Wawrzyn
1 in 344293 men in Poland is named Wawrzyn. 62 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4681 among male names.
Wawrzyn as a middle name
Wawrzyn is a first name for 62 men in Poland and a middle name for another 337, a 16/84 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 382nd, between Ibrahim (337) and Makary (336).
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#380 Dobromir337
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#381 Ibrahim337
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#382 Wawrzyn337
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#383 Makary336
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#384 Bonawentura330