Show ContentsLaurents History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The surname Laurents comes from an old French given name Laurens (Laurentius in Latin). Versions of this given name were popular throughout Christian Europe due to a Saint, so named, who was martyred in Rome in the 3rd century A.D.

Early Origins of the Laurents family

The surname Laurents was first found in Provence.

Early History of the Laurents family

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Laurents Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Laurent, Saint-Laurent, Lauren, Laurents, Lorent, Loren, Laurrent, Laurren, Laurrents, Lorrent, Lorren, Laurrens, Laurens, Laurrens, Saint-Laurrent, Saint-Lauren, Saint-Laurents, Saint-Laurrents, Saint-Laurren, Saint-Lorent, Saint-Loren, Saint-Lorens, Saint-Lorrent, Saint-Lorren and many more.

Early Notables of the Laurents family

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United States Laurents migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Laurents Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Johannes Laurents, who landed in New York in 1710 1
  • Johannis Laurents, aged 40, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1736 1
Laurents Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Benoit Laurents, aged 43, who arrived in New York in 1816 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Laurents (post 1700) +

  • Arthur Laurents (1917-2011), American playwright, librettist, stage director, and screenwriter


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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