Lawrence or Laurence?

[boodleboot]

Which spelling do u prefer? I love Laurie for a boy (blame Little Women!) But think Lawrence is the stronger looking long form....Lawrie looks wrong tho my eye?

Its a nice name tho non?

:)

[boodleboot]

Lawrie looks wrong TO my eye......jeez....

[CaptainMartinCrieff]

Laurence and Laurie!

The w looks totally wrong to me, especially Lawrie.

[Kaekae]

Lawrence is a surname, its ours anyway!

[Gincognito]

Laurence.

(It is also a surname, Kaekae!)

[wigglesrock]

I much prefer Laurence, I think its a lovely name. I also think as Lawrence as more of a surname.

[WorzselMummage]

Laurence :)

[nodrog]

Laurence.

[mycatsaysach]

lawrence

never lawrie tho ds is lol

[MelinaM]

Laurence.

[Lonnie]

Laurence for me as well

[MrsHuxtable]

I always thought Lawrence was the male version while Laurence is the female one? Might be wrong though but I know many Luxemburgish girl Laurences.

[Kyrie]

Laurence for a first name is much nicer imo, Lawrence looks like a surname.

[rachel234]

Laurence is the female version of Laurent. Just like Florence is the female version of Florent. So to my ears definately a girls name.

Lawrence is a boys name.

[mopsyflopsy]

Definately Lawrence for a boy. In France Laurence is a girls name, pronounced with the emphasis on the -ence, so Lau-RANSE.

[boodleboot]

Oooh seems pretty divided....i kind of starting to think that Laurence does look girly prob cos of lauren girls name.....

Its a good boys name tho yes? Unusual without being weird? I find boys names really hard now that ds has my fav name of james and best friend has thre other name i loved in henry....

[lchodge]

I like Lawrence but for the short version Laurie looks better although to me Laurie is a girls name in its own right, I know 2. Tough one!

[CurwySwide]

Laurence and Laurie - love it (for the LW reference too!)

[scarlettlips]

With a 'W' for me. Laurence is a girls name in France!

[emmyloo2]

With a "W" as well for me. Lawrie is a great nn.

As others have said, Laurence is a girl's name in France.

And yes -it's a fab boys name. Not overused and will work on little boy and man.

[lchodge]

If you did spell it Laurence I think the majority here would think boy, not girl.

[CurwySwide]

Just to chip in again, isn't Lawrence more of a surname (DH Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia) and Laurence a first name (Laurence Olivier)?

[survivingsummer]

Here we go again (yawn) - we are in the UK, Laurence is a girls name in FRANCE!!! My DS (Laurence) has never been mistaken for a girl here in the UK. On the rare occasions he may visit France he can worry about it then....

I actually like both spellings of Laurence/Lawrence but because our Laurence is always Laurie he is with a 'U'. Great choice OP and my apologies about the rant!!

[LaraandLittleBean]

My father was Lawrence, abbreviated to Laurie. My little one will have Laurie as a middle name.

[hulabula]

Lawrence without a doubt for a boy.

Laurence is a (popular) girls name in French speaking countries and Laurie looks very feminine to me too.

[hulabula]

"On the rare occasions he may visit France he can worry about it then...."

But if you can worry about it before naming him, even better imo. Who knows where our children may live or work one day?