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UnisexOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

LawrenceIn Hebrew: לורנס · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Lawrence (Hebrew: לורנס) is a unisex name of international origin. 830 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1967, with 39 babies.

People in Israel
830
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1967
39 babies
USA, 2025
578
rank #518

Writing and saying Lawrence

In Hebrew letters the name is לורנס, read right to left. Lawrence is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Lawrence by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Lawrence: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Lawrence in English-speaking countries

Lawrence in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025578#5181952 (10,302)
United Kingdom202576#5591997 (234)
England and Wales202571#5491996 (226)
Scotland20255#5601987 (23)
Ireland20253#7871967 (36)
British Columbia20235#5811953 (111)
Alberta20255#8131983 (31)
Quebec20258#5121993 (14)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Lawrence has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Lawrence

How do you write Lawrence in Hebrew?

Lawrence is written לורנס in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Lawrence?

830 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name לורנס: 395 women and 435 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Lawrence a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. In Israel 48% of the people named לורנס are women and 52% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).

Is Lawrence used outside Israel?

The name Lawrence appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 578 boys were given it in 2025 (#518), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 76 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.