Vavřinec as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Vavřinec

What is the meaning of the name Vavřinec ?

The baby name Vavřinec is a boy name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈvavr̝ɪnɛt͡s/.

Vavřinec is Czech, Latin in Origin.

Vavřinec is a Czech adaptation of Latin Laurentius, the earliest securely attested form behind Lawrence. In Roman naming, Laurentius was an adjective and cognomen meaning of Laurentum or man from Laurentum, an ancient town in Latium. The place-name was already associated in Latin with laurus, laurel; Czech reshaped the church name through the native word vavřín, laurel, giving the ending -ec typical of masculine personal names.

Christian calendars carried the name north with the cult of Saint Lawrence, the third-century Roman deacon martyred under Valerian; his feast is Svatý Vavřinec in Czech. It has remained chiefly Czech, with Slovak Vavrinec and Polish Wawrzyniec nearby, while international cognates include Lawrence, Laurent, Lorenzo, and Lorenz. In contemporary Czech records it reads as traditional rather than common, preserved more by saints’ days, surnames, and older bearers than by fashion.

⚙ Vavřinec is an uncommon pick. Across 2 countries, we found 26 recorded uses of it.