Lorenzo

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Lorenzo is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name1.0M records spelled Lorenzo18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, Brazil, Netherlands

  Languages: English, German, Western Frisian

  Also written Lo'Renzo, Lörênzö, Lörênżō, Lôrênzô, Lorënžo

• a separate given name43K records spelled Lorenzo3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Italy, Spain

  Also written Lorenz-O, Lórenzo

• Polish given name9.8K records spelled Lorenzo29 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Croatia, Italy, United States

  Languages: Polish, Croatian, Czech

  Also written Lorenco, Лоренцо, Lorenso, Лорензо, Лоренсо

• Indonesian given name9.6K records spelled Lorenzo5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Italy, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Ĺorenzo, Lōrenzo, Lörênzö

83 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Lorenzo is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• from the personal name Lorenzo, derived from the Latin personal name Laurentius (see Lawrence).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• From Latin. See }Laurence in main dictionary.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Spanish, a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Laurence

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, Latino Laurentius, probabilmente da Laurentum. Nome molto venerato per S. Lorenzo, martire del 258.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, forma italiana de Laurentius; v. Lorenzi

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Lorenzo Ghibertib. 1378FRItalian sculptor and architect (1378–1455)
• Lorenzo de' Medicib. 1449ITItalian politician, literary man and humanist
• Gian Lorenzo Berninib. 1598ITItalian sculptor and architect (1598–1680)
• Clement XIIb. 1652FRnot in their usual namepope of the Catholic Church from 1730 to 1740
• Benedictus XIVb. 1675ITnot in their usual namepope of the Catholic Church from 1740 to 1758
• Amedeo Avogadrob. 1776ITnot in their usual nameItalian scientist
• Yogi Berrab. 1925USnot in their usual nameAmerican baseball player, manager, and coach (1925–2015)
• Renzo Arboreb. 1937ITnot in their usual nameItalian actor, singer and director
• Lorenzo Lamasb. 1958USAmerican actor
• Lorenzo Insigneb. 1991ITItalian association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,360 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Lorenzo?

We estimate roughly 297 thousand people bear Lorenzo (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Lorenzo have the most bearers?

Lorenzo is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled lorenzo.

How common is Lorenzo compared with other names?

In Argentina, Lorenzo is the 278th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Lorenzo a male or female name?

Lorenzo is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Lorenzo mean?

Recorded meaning: Italian form of Laurent, from Latin Laurentius, 'from Laurentum' / 'laurel'.