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

England
Middle English
● 1417–18 Larance EEW p. 39
Walloon
● 1594 Laurence RWC p. 34
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 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Laurencia.