Laurencia
f.
Fem. of Laurence, or Latin laurentia 'lavender'.
- England
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- Middle English
- ● 1417–18 Larance EEW p. 39
- Walloon
- ● 1594 Laurence RWC p. 34
- France
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- 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
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- 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 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Laurencia.