Lawrence

E180561

English masculine given name given name masculine given name

Lawrence is a masculine given name of English origin, derived from the Latin "Laurentius" meaning "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel."

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Lawrence canonical	73

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1587893 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lawrence
Context triple: [Lawrence G. Roberts, givenName, Lawrence]

A. Lawrence
Lawrence is the formal given name of Larry Ellison, the billionaire co-founder and longtime leader of Oracle Corporation.
B. Lawrence
Lawrence is a historic mill city in northeastern Massachusetts that developed as a major textile manufacturing center along the Merrimack River.
C. Lawrence
Lawrence is a city located within Marion County in the U.S. state of Indiana.
D. Winfield
Winfield is a masculine given name most notably borne by 19th-century American military leader Winfield Scott.
E. Leland
Leland is a masculine given name of English origin, historically associated with figures such as American industrialist and Stanford University founder Leland Stanford.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lawrence
Target entity description: Lawrence is a masculine given name of English origin, derived from the Latin "Laurentius" meaning "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel."

A. Lawrence
Lawrence is a historic mill city in northeastern Massachusetts that developed as a major textile manufacturing center along the Merrimack River.
B. Lawrence
Lawrence is the formal given name of Larry Ellison, the billionaire co-founder and longtime leader of Oracle Corporation.
C. Lawrence
Lawrence is a city located within Marion County in the U.S. state of Indiana.
D. Winfield
Winfield is a masculine given name most notably borne by 19th-century American military leader Winfield Scott.
E. Leland
Leland is a masculine given name of English origin, historically associated with figures such as American industrialist and Stanford University founder Leland Stanford.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English masculine given name ⓘ given name ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ
associatedWithPlaceName	Laurentum ⓘ
derivedFrom	Laurentius ⓘ
hasCategory	English masculine given names ⓘ masculine given names ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation	Christian name ⓘ saint’s name ⓘ
hasEtymologicalMeaning	crowned with laurel ⓘ from Laurentum ⓘ
hasFrequencyRegion	United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasGender	masculine ⓘ
hasLanguageOfOrigin	English ⓘ Latin ⓘ
hasNameDay	10 August ⓘ
hasRelatedName	Laura ⓘ Laurel ⓘ Lauren ⓘ
hasScript	Latin alphabet ⓘ
hasShortForm	Larry ⓘ Laurie ⓘ
hasTypicalUsageAs	first name ⓘ
hasUsage	English ⓘ
hasVariantForm	Laurence ⓘ Laurent ⓘ Laurenz ⓘ Lorenzo ⓘ
isAnglicisationOf	Laurentius ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (73)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lawrence G. Roberts → givenName → Lawrence ⓘ

Larry Sanger → givenName → Lawrence ⓘ

John H. Lawrence → hasFamilyName → Lawrence ⓘ

Laurence → hasVariant → Lawrence ⓘ

Larry Csonka → givenName → Lawrence ⓘ

D. H. Lawrence → familyName → Lawrence ⓘ

John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence → familyName → Lawrence ⓘ

Yogi → givenName → Lawrence ⓘ

subject surface form: Yogi Berra

Lawrence Ferlinghetti → givenName → Lawrence ⓘ

Abbott Lawrence → familyName → Lawrence ⓘ

Jacob Lawrence → familyName → Lawrence ⓘ

Lawrence Washington → givenName → Lawrence ⓘ

Trevor Lawrence → familyName → Lawrence ⓘ

Lawrence Francis O’Brien Jr. → givenName → Lawrence ⓘ

Lawrence B. Slobodkin → givenName → Lawrence ⓘ

Larry Doby → givenName → Lawrence ⓘ

Lorenzo → relatedName → Lawrence ⓘ

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain → middleName → Lawrence ⓘ

Neil Bonnett → givenName → Lawrence ⓘ

Douglas Wilder → givenName → Lawrence ⓘ

Henry Lawrence → familyName → Lawrence ⓘ

Bragg → hasGivenName → Lawrence ⓘ

subject surface form: Lawrence Bragg

Lord Collins of Mapesbury → givenName → Lawrence ⓘ

Lars → equivalentNameInEnglish → Lawrence ⓘ

Lawrence Bender → givenName → Lawrence ⓘ

Lawrence Klein → givenName → Lawrence ⓘ

Wendy Lawrence → familyName → Lawrence ⓘ

Lawrence Berk → givenName → Lawrence ⓘ

Lawrence M. Krauss → givenName → Lawrence ⓘ

Lawrence Welk → givenName → Lawrence ⓘ

Francis Lawrence → familyName → Lawrence ⓘ

Geoffrey Lawrence → familyName → Lawrence ⓘ

Lawrence Mark Sanger → givenName → Lawrence ⓘ

Lawrence Sher → givenName → Lawrence ⓘ

Lawrence Dallaglio → givenName → Lawrence ⓘ

Lawrence Tynes → givenName → Lawrence ⓘ

Lawrence Turman → givenName → Lawrence ⓘ

Laurentius → hasVariant → Lawrence ⓘ

Laurentius → hasEnglishForm → Lawrence ⓘ

Roman cognomen Laurentius → developedInto → Lawrence ⓘ

subject surface form: Laurentius

Laurance → hasSpellingVariant → Lawrence ⓘ

Laurance → hasAlternativeForm → Lawrence ⓘ

Lawrance → isLessCommonThan → Lawrence ⓘ

Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland → givenName → Lawrence ⓘ

Lawrence Cremin → givenName → Lawrence ⓘ

Edward Lawrence Logan → middleName → Lawrence ⓘ

Lawrence Gresser → givenName → Lawrence ⓘ

Toni Lawrence → hasFamilyName → Lawrence ⓘ

Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. → familyName → Lawrence ⓘ

Larry David → givenName → Lawrence ⓘ

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Referenced by (73)

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