Lenz

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Short form of LORENZ. This is also a German poetic word referring to the springtime.

LORENZ   male   German
German form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).
LAURENCE (1)   male   English
From the Roman cognomen Laurentius, which meant "from Laurentum". Laurentum was a city in ancient Italy, its name probably deriving from Latin laurus "laurel". Saint Laurence was a 3rd-century deacon and martyr from Rome. According to tradition he was roasted alive on a gridiron because, when ordered to hand over the church's treasures, he presented the sick and poor. Due to the saint's popularity, the name came into general use in the Christian world (in various spellings).

In the Middle Ages this name was common in England, partly because of a second saint by this name, a 7th-century archbishop of Canterbury. Likewise it has been common in Ireland due to the 12th-century Saint Laurence O'Toole (whose real name was Lorcán). Since the 19th century the spelling Lawrence has been more common, especially in America. A famous bearer was the British actor Laurence Olivier (1907-1989).
FULL FORMS
GERMAN: Lars, Laurenz, Lorenz
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT ROMAN: Laurentius
CATALAN: Llorenç
CROATIAN: Lovre, Lovrenco, Lovro
CZECH: Vavřinec
DANISH: Lars, Lasse, Laurits, Lauritz, Lorens
DUTCH: Lars, Lau, Laurens, Lourens, Rens
ENGLISH: Larrie, Larry, Lauren, Laurence, Laurie, Lawrence, Lawrie, Loren, Lorin, Lorrin
FINNISH: Lari, Lars, Lasse, Lassi, Lauri
FRENCH: Enzo, Laurent
FRISIAN: Lourens
GREEK: Lavrentios
HUNGARIAN: Lőrinc
ICELANDIC: Lárus
IRISH: Labhrás
ITALIAN: Enzo, Lorenzo, Loris, Renzo
LIMBURGISH: Lau, Lor
LITHUANIAN: Laurynas
MEDIEVAL ENGLISH: Larkin, Law
MEDIEVAL SCANDINAVIAN: Lars
MEDIEVAL SPANISH: Lorencio
NORWEGIAN: Lars, Lasse, Laurits, Lauritz, Lorens
POLISH: Wawrzyniec
PORTUGUESE: Lourenço
ROMANIAN: Laurențiu
RUSSIAN: Lavrenti, Lavrentiy, Lavrenty
SCOTTISH: Labhrainn
SLOVAK: Vavrinec
SLOVENE: Lovrenc, Lovro
SPANISH: Lorenzo
SWEDISH: Lars, Lasse, Lorens
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ENGLISH: Laz
FEMININE FORMS
ANCIENT ROMAN: Laurentia
ENGLISH: Laryn, Lauren, Laurena, Laurencia, Lauryn, Loren, Lorena
FRENCH: Laurence
ITALIAN: Lorenza
SPANISH: Lorenza
OTHER FORMS
ANCIENT ROMAN: Laurentina, Laurentinus
ENGLISH: Lawson
FRENCH: Laurentin, Laurentine