Lawrence or Laurence?

[InTheDollshouse]

I'm not sure which is nicer. (Not sure if I'll go with either, or even if I'm having a boy, but DH likes this one and there's precious few boys names he likes...)

And if you want to shorten Lawrence, would it be Lawrie? I have only ever seen Laurie.

Laurence. The w in Lawrie just looks a bit wrong.

Laurence is a girls name to my ears. I know a lovely one in her 30s. It is indeed the male version of Laurent.

Lawrence is a better option if you don't want your ds to be mistaken for a woman, especially outside the UK.

100% Lawrence, looks much more masculine.

Am Surely Laurence is a boys name in the UK - have only ever come across a female Laurence who is French. We can't start turning all our male names into female ones...!!!

Laurence with Laurie nn is lovely - I know quite a few little boys with this name

Another vote in favour of Lawrence (for a boy), as I too regard Laurence as a female name, pronounced with the emphasis on the second syllable. I like Laurence for a girl though .

I much prefer Lawrence (am biased though as it was my grandad's name). It looks more masculine to me. He was always called Lal for short but there's obviously also Larry or Laurie/Lawrie. I would have it for a future ds but it doesn't go with my married name at all, sadly.

Lawrence is male. Laurence is female.

Yes, Laurence is definitely a female name. It's the feminine version of the male name Laurent.

Lawrence is a male name.

Like Florence is the feminine version of Florent.

Laurence. Not keen but I know a nice adult Laurence and it suits him. I also know one who gets called Larry. Little Women name.

ZOMBIE (second revival), but it won’t stop me wading in. In the UK, Laurence is a boy’s name. How can people not know this?!

Laurie in Little Women was a boy. The book was published in 1868.
There are many famous Laurences - Olivier, Fishburne, Fox, Llewellyn-Bowen, to name but a few.
St Lawrence/St Laurence was a man.
All of them with a girl's name apparently.

My DS is Laurence (Laurie). Never once been mistaken for a girl

That's because in the UK Laurence is a boy's name.
Then again this is MN where Rowan (as in Atkinson), Rory (as in McGrath) etc are girls' names.

Laurence

Lawrence as you might end up living or studying in a French speaking country where Laurence is a girls name.

Laurence is NOT a girls name here in the UK. Lauren is the female version.
In France it is a girls name, the male version being Laurent.

laurence is a much nicer spelling that Lawrence which just looks wrong to me.

I prefer Laurence.