Laurent (name)
{{Infobox given name
| name = Laurent
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| gender = Male
| meaning = "From Laurentum", "Laurelled" or "bright, shining one"
| region = France
| language = French
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| related names = Laurence (feminine), Lorenzo (Spanish, Italian), Laurențiu (Romanian), Lourenço (Portuguese)
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Laurent is a French masculine given name of Latin origin. It is used in France, Canada, and other French-speaking countries. The name was derived from the Roman surname Laurentius, which meant "from Laurentum". It can also be derived from the Old Greek word Lavrenti, meaning "the bright one, shining one". Laurentum was an ancient Roman city of Latium situated between Ostia and Lavinium, on the west coast of the Italian peninsula southwest of Rome, and its name is either descended from many groves of Laurus nobilis (bay tree), or, according to Virgil, a single "sacred" laurel tree.{{cite encyclopedia |author=Edward Herbert Bunbury |editor=William Smith |encyclopedia=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography |title=Laurentum |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:entry=laurentum-geo |accessdate=2016-10-27 |year=1854 |publisher=Walton and Maberly |location=London }}{{cite encyclopedia |author=Theodore C. Williams |encyclopedia=P. Vergilius Maro |title=Virgil, Aeneid 7.59 |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0054%3Abook%3D7%3Acard%3D45 |accessdate=2016-10-27 |year=1910 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Co. |location=Boston }} The feminine form of Laurent is Laurence.
Politics
- Charles François Laurent (1856–1939), French senior public official and diplomat
- Claude de Roux de Saint-Laurent (died 1689), French soldier, governor of Saint Christophe
- Laurent Durocher (1788–1861), member of the Michigan Senate and House of Representatives
- Louis St. Laurent (1882–1973), twelfth Prime Minister of Canada
- Jean-Luc Laurent (born 1957), French politician
- Jeanne St. Laurent (1886–1966), wife of Louis St. Laurent
- Laurent Alexandre (born 1972), French politician
- Laurent Castillo (born 1962), French politician
- Laurent-Désiré Kabila (1939–2001), President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1997 to 2001
- Laurent Gbagbo (born 1945), President of Côte d'Ivoire from 2000 to 2011
- Laurent Grandguillaume (born 1978), member of the French Parliament from 2012 to 2017
Laurent Lamothe (born 1972), Haiti Foreign Minister & Haiti Prime Minister 2011-2012
Mathematics
- Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician
- Paul Matthieu Hermann Laurent, French mathematician
- Pierre Alphonse Laurent, French mathematician best known as the discoverer of the Laurent series
Science
- Auguste Laurent (1807–1853), French chemist
- Christian Laurent, French engineer
- Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, a French astronomer
- Laurent Lantieri, French plastic surgeon who is a pioneer in the field of face transplantation
- Raymond Laurent, Belgian herpetologist
Sports
- Emelyne Laurent (born 1998), French footballer
- Laurent Blanc, French association football manager
- Laurent Capet, French volleyball player
- Laurent Chambertin, French volleyball player
- Laurent Desbiens, French cyclist
- Laurent Duvernay-Tardif (born 1991), Canadian player of American football with the Kansas City Chiefs
- Laurent Fignon (1960–2010), French cyclist
- Laurent Koscielny, French association football player
- Laurent Manuel, American association football (soccer) player
- Laurent Robinson, American football wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys
- Lucien Laurent, French association football player
- Roger Laurent, Belgian racing driver
- Laurent Pimond, French association football player
- Laurent Seigne, French former rugby union coach
Others
- Laurent, Prince of Belgium, 12th in line to the Belgian throne
- Joseph Laurent (1839–1917), Abenaki chief and linguist
- Laurent Bourgeois, choreographer and rapper from French dance duo Les Twins
- Laurent Brancowitz, guitarist for French band Phoenix
- Laurent Laplante (1934–2017), Canadian journalist, essayist and detective writer
- Laurent Nkunda, Congolese rebel general
- Harry Laurent (1895–1987), New Zealand recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Mathilde Laurent, French perfumer
- Mélanie Laurent, French actress
- Yves Saint Laurent (designer), French fashion designer
Fictional characters
- Dick Laurent, a fictional character in Lost Highway by David Lynch
- Laurent (Twilight), one of the nomadic vampires in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series
- Laurent (Captive Prince), prince of Vere in C. S. Pacat's Captive Prince series
See also
- Laurent (disambiguation)
- Laurence (name), feminine form of "Laurent"
References
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