Lorenzo

lo-REN-tzo (Italian), lo-REN-tho or lo-REN-so (Spanish)

Italian; Spanish, variation of Laurence

"from Laurentium"

Lorenzo Origin and Meaning

The name Lorenzo is a boy's name of Spanish, Italian origin meaning "from Laurentium".

Latinizing Lawrence gives it a whole new lease on life. Like Leonardo, Lorenzo has been integrated into the American stockpot of names, partly via actor Lorenzo Lamas. Other associations are with Lorenzo de' Medici, the Florentine Renaissance merchant prince and art patron, Renaissance artists Ghiberti and Lotto, and the upstanding young man who married Shylock's daughter Jessica in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.

It would work well with a simple one-syllable Anglo name--in the depths of radio history, there was a soap opera character named Lorenzo Jones. And Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi made this choice for her son.

Renzo and Enzo are both appealing nicknames, sometimes used on their own.

Lorenzo Rank in US Top 1000

# 131 in the US

Lorenzo Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 386 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Lorenzo

• 131 US 2023
• 386 Nameberry 2025
• 177 Canada 2023
• 126 Future 2028
• 144 England 2023
• 80 France 2018
• 411 Germany 2016
• 169 Netherlands 2015
• 7 Italy 2023
• 49 Portugal 2020
• 302 Mexico 2021
• 21 Brazil 2024
• 74 Switzerland 2023
• 10 Argentina 2021

20 Names Similar to Lorenzo

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• Marco
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• Giovanni
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• Dimitri
• Ezekiel
• Alec
• Diego
• Maximus
• Zachariah
• Damien
• Damian
• Damon
• Ivan
• Antonio
• Julius
• Dominic
• Adrian
• Matthias

Famous People Named Lorenzo

• Lorenzo de' Medici “the magnificent”, Lord of Florence
• Saint Lorenzo Ruiz Filipino martyr
• Lorenzo Fernando Lamas American actor
• Lorenzo John Alexander American NFL football player
• Lorenzo Michael Murphy Odone American boy with an incurable illness; subject of film "Lorenzo's Oil"
• Lorenzo Snow 5th President of the LDS church
• Lorenzo Insigne Italian footballer
• Lorenzo Domínguez Chilean sculptor
• Lorenzo Joseph Fertitta American former CEO of UFC
• Lorenzo Fragola Italian pop singer
• Lorenzo Brino American actor (also famous for being a quadruplet, with siblings Myrinda, Nikolas, and Zachary)
• Lorenzo Henrie American actor
• Jorge Lorenzo Guerrero Spanish motorcycle racer
• Lorenzo Dominic LaValle son of Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Jionni LaValle (b. 2012)

The name Lorenzo in Pop Culture

• Lorenzo Calderon character on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
• Chris Lorenzo main character in 90s TV Show Silk Stalkings
• Lorenzo Belli Main villain in the video game Haunting Ground
• Lorenzo "Enzo" St. John character on TV's "The Vampire Diaries"

International Variations of the name Lorenzo

• Larenzo Spanish
• Lorenz Scandinavian