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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
c1120 Laurentia (nom) CartNoyers CDXXXVI; 1273 Laurencia (nom) NDParisII 2-XLIII; 1300 Laurencia (nom) St-Barnard-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; 1571 Laurence ibid. p. 562
Italy
Latin
1265x1339 Laurencia (nom) BBC-Berg 637, Laurenza (nom) ibid. 1414, Lorencia (nom) ibid. 808
1348 Rentia (nom) INP 19, Rentie (dat) ibid. 12
Italian
1513x1521 Renza LeoX p. 30
Cite as: A. Brown, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Laurencia". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2020, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2020/1/name/Laurencia.