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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Laurencia f. Fem. of Laurence, or Latin laurentia 'lavender'.

England
Middle English
1417–18 Larance EEW p. 39
France
Latin
1300 Laurencia (nom) St-Bernard-Romans 382, Laurencie (gen) ibid. 382
Old French
1313 Lorence Paris1313 p. 39
Middle French
1421 Lorence favier 961; 1563 Laurence RegPCC-1 p. 32; 1564 Laurence ibid. p. 82, Lorence ibid. p. 44; 1565 Laurence ibid. p. 112; 1566 Laurence ibid. p. 256, Lorence ibid. p. 261; 1567 Laurence ibid. p. 299, Lorence ibid. p. 339; 1568 Laurence ibid. p. 367; 1570 Laurence ibid. p. 435
Italy
Latin
1348 Rentia (nom) INP 19, Rentie (dat) ibid. 12
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Laurencia". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2016/2/name/Laurencia.