The given name Lorenzo is a masculine variant of the name Laura and further a variation of Laurenz. The name goes back to the Latin ‘laurus’ for ‘laurel wreath’. Lorenzo is therefore ‘the laurel-wreathed one’.
Lorenzo is a male first name. In very rare cases it is also used for girls.
The name Lorenzo isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Lorenzo ranks 181. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 12 were named Lorenzo. In the entire USA, approximately 71,294 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Lorenzo. That is 0.02 % of all living Americans.
The given name Lorenzo is a masculine variant of the name Laura and further a variation of Laurenz. The name goes back to the Latin ‘laurus’ for ‘laurel wreath’. Lorenzo is therefore ‘the laurel-wreathed one’.
In ancient times, ... the laurel tree was associated with victory and triumph and symbolizes immortality. The leaves were often woven into wreaths and crowns, which were then worn by victorious athletes and military leaders.
For more than 140 years, parents decide to name their son Lorenzo annualy. This means that there have been boys named Lorenzo who witnessed the first Labor Day parade in the U.S. or followed Albert Einstein's career. The name has 'always been there', but never ranked in the top 100, and thus men named Lorenzo have consistently been special. Since 2000, however, the name has experienced a certain popularity: in 2022, it holds its present record of #132 in the list of the most popular boys' names.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Lorenzo was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter L is neither particularly common nor particularly rare as a first letter for boys' names: 4.1% of all common boys' names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters of boys' names are J and A, while X and U are the least common initials of boys' names.
With seven letters, the name Lorenzo has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
Thus, it follows that with 4.1% of all boys' names starting with an L, this initial letter occurs about as often as all 26 letters on average. Nevertheless, there are boys' names with L that are quite common, the most common in the U.S. at present is Larry.
If your name is Lorenzo and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Lorenzo, you can simply say:
Lion
Orange
Rocket
Elephant
Nut
Zebra
Orange
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Lorenzo
Lorenzo
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
L
O
R
E
N
Z
O
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
L
O
R
E
N
Z
O
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Lorenzo sounds like this:
