Gender Masculine
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. LAR-ee, LEHR-ee  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Diminutive of Laurence 1. A notable bearer is former basketball player Larry Bird (1956-).

Related Names

VariantsLarrie, Laurie, Loren, Lorin, Lorrin(English) Lawrie(English (British))
DiminutiveLaz
Other Languages & CulturesLaurentius(Ancient Roman) Llorenç(Catalan) Lovre, Lovrenco, Lovro(Croatian) Vavřinec(Czech) Lars, Lasse, Laurids, Laurits, Lauritz, Lorens(Danish) Lars, Laurens, Lourens, Lau, Rens(Dutch) Lauri(Estonian) Lars, Lari, Lasse, Lassi, Lauri(Finnish) Laurent(French) Lourens(Frisian) Lavrenti(Georgian) Lars, Lorenz, Laurenz, Lenz(German) Lavrentios(Greek) Lőrinc(Hungarian) Lárus(Icelandic) Labhrás(Irish) Lorenzo, Enzo, Loris, Renzo(Italian) Lor(Limburgish) Laurynas(Lithuanian) Larkin, Law(Medieval English) Lars(Medieval Scandinavian) Lorencio(Medieval Spanish) Lars, Lasse, Laurits, Lauritz, Lorens(Norwegian) Wawrzyniec(Polish) Lourenço(Portuguese) Laurențiu(Romanian) Lavrenti, Lavrentiy, Lavrenty(Russian) Labhrann(Scottish Gaelic) Vavrinec(Slovak) Lovrenc, Lovro(Slovene) Lorenzo(Spanish) Renzo(Spanish (Latin American)) Lars, Lasse, Lorens(Swedish)

Popularity

People think this name is

youthful   common   wholesome   strong   refined   strange   simple   comedic  

Categories

A Series of Unfortunate Events characters, Ace Attorney characters, Alien characters, American Horror Story characters, Anne Rice characters, bandleaders, Bewitched characters, bluegrass musicians, blues musicians, boxers, Bully characters, child actors, civil rights, Death Note characters, Dharma and Greg characters, diminutives, Disney characters, Donna Tartt characters, Doug characters, Downton Abbey characters, Emergency characters, Family Affair characters, Frasier characters, Futurama characters, game show hosts, Grease, guitarists, harmonicists, House of Cards US characters, How to Train Your Dragon characters, human Sesame Street characters, Hunters characters, James Joyce characters, jazz fusion, Killing Eve characters, Kim Possible characters, Lucius characters, mascots, Maud Hart Lovelace characters, NASCAR, NBA players, never out of the US top 1000, Nintendo characters, percussionists, Philip K. Dick characters, Pokemon characters, reggae musicians, Rick and Morty characters, Robert A. Heinlein characters, Seinfeld characters, smooth jazz, song titles, SpongeBob SquarePants characters, stage names, Star Wars actors, Stephen King characters, storms, Stranger Things characters, Super Smash Bros. characters, Teen Titans characters, television, The Amazing World of Gumball characters, The Gilded Age characters, The Golden Girls characters, The Good Place characters, The Sopranos characters, The Walking Dead game characters, The West Wing characters, Three's Company characters, top 10 in the US, trumpeters, TV presenters, TV show titles, Two and a Half Men characters, W. Somerset Maugham characters, Weird Al Yankovic, Will and Grace characters, y vowels, Yellowjackets characters
Entry updated February 28, 2019