Lawrence
An Irish surname of Dublin and Tipperary. In the 2010 US census it was carried by 129,699 people, the 232nd most common surname in the country.
Labhrant, Labhrás, son of Laurence (Latin Laurentius)
Where the name comes from
Labhrás is son of Laurence, from the Latin Laurentius, a rather common personal name among the early Anglo-Norman invaders.
The Lawrence counties, photographed
Dublin
Dublin is a county as well as a city. The bay has Howth at the north end and Killiney Hill at the south, the Muglins are a pair of rocks off Dalkey, and the Dublin Mountains start about half an hour from the city centre.
Tipperary
Tipperary is landlocked. The Golden Vale running through it is the best dairy land in Ireland. The Galtees are along the southern border, with Galtymore at 917 metres. The Rock of Cashel is a limestone outcrop with a medieval cathedral and round tower on top of it.
All Dublin prints · All Tipperary prints
Notable bearers
Jennifer Lawrence (born 1990), actor, film director, and film producer.
D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930), writer, screenwriter, and novelist.
Ernest Lawrence (1901-1958), university teacher and physicist.
T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935), writer, screenwriter, and autobiographer.
T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935), writer, screenwriter, and autobiographer.
About this page
The counties on this page are where the name was thickest on the ground in Ireland a century and a half ago, not a claim about any one family. Names moved around inside the country as much as they left it. The photographs are mine, made in the counties named.
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How common the name was
In 1890, 19 births were registered under Lawrence in Ireland, most of them in Dublin and Tipperary.
| Leinster | 12 | 63% |
|---|---|---|
| Munster | 3 | 16% |
| Ulster | 3 | 16% |
| Connacht | 1 | 5% |
| Ireland | 19 |