Origin: Latin suffix -ence
Lawrence has 8 different meanings across 2 categories:
Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
"The saint known as St. Lawrence was said to have been martyred on a gridiron after refusing to surrender the church's treasures, instead handing them over to the poor of Rome."
Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935)
"Lawrence played a crucial role in organizing the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I."
English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830)
"Lawrence captured the dignified essence of Wellington and Blücher in his famous series of portraits honoring the coalition that defeated Napoleon."
English actress (1898-1952)
"Lawrence starred in several classic films during her career from 1920s to the late 1940s."
United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958)
"The Lawrence Cyclotron was named in honor of Ernest Lawrence, the American physicist who invented it."
English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930)
"Lawrence's novels often challenged Victorian norms by exploring complex sexual relationships while condemning the dehumanizing effects of industrial society."
a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856
"Visitors to Lawrence can walk through the historic sites where John Brown led his famous raid in 1856."
A male given name from Latin, the usual spelling of Laurence in the U.S.
"Lawrence attended the university where his namesake, Saint Lawrence, was once martyred."