Lorenzo

lo-REN-tzo
Italian 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.

# 131 in the US

Lorenzo Rank in US Top 1000

# 452 on Nameberry

Lorenzo Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Lorenzo Popularity

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)

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"