Show ContentsSaint-laurent History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The surname Saint-laurent 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 Saint-laurent family

The surname Saint-laurent was first found in Provence.

Early History of the Saint-laurent family

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Saint-laurent 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 Saint-laurent family

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Migration of the Saint-laurent family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Augustus Laurent, who settled in Philadelphia in 1856; Catharine Laurent, aged 60; settled in New Orleans in 1820; François Laurent settled in Philadelphia in 1796.


Contemporary Notables of the name Saint-laurent (post 1700) +

  • Louis Joseph Auguste Gabriel de Saint-Laurent, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 1
  • Yves Saint-Laurent (1936-2008), French fashion designer


  1. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, September 9) Louis Saint-Laurent. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html


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