Laurent is a boy's name of French origin meaning “from Laurentum.” In 2024 it was given to 15 boys in the United States.
Laurent at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
French · Italian
Meaning
“from Laurentum”
About the name Laurent
Laurent belongs to the French and Italian tradition. Its meaning — “from Laurentum” — is the sense carried by its French roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Laurent first appears in Social Security records in 1912. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1155 in 1927, and in 2024 15 babies received the name — 1,979 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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