Any strong opinions on Laurence?

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I quite like the name Laurence.. DP hates it but I get the final vote.. still a while to go but no name in mind really just pondering a few..

Any opinions? Like? Hate? Incredibly camp? Old man? Bad associations?

Thanks

I think it will be very popular on MN .
Is Laurence the standard English spelling? My brother is Lawrence.

Hello, I'm not entirely sure on the spelling but coming from a bunch of lawyers preferred to avoid the 'w'... hmm... may not work

I love it.

Not particularly keen on Laurence but I do quite like Laurie (or Lawrie).

Don't have any associations except that way of spelling it is French and I knew a French boy with the name. He was OK so no horror stories.

Laurence is the European spelling. Lawrence is English/American. Great name either way - just the right hint of tradition, trendless and ageless imo.

My friend has just named her baby 'Larry'. It's her FIL's name, but he is larry-short-for-laurence, so her DH wants the birth certificate to say Laurence and she's insisting on just Larry. Three weeks in and they still can't agree, but I think it's always nice to have a long version that you can use when you're feeling posh...

My friend has just named her baby 'Larry'. It's her FIL's name, but he is larry-short-for-laurence, so her DH wants the birth certificate to say Laurence and she's insisting on just Larry. Three weeks in and they still can't agree, but I think it's always nice to have a long version that you can use when you're feeling posh...

I like it.
But don´t like Larry much.

Love it - dd would have been Laurence if she'd been a girl.
Laurie (or Teddy, as in Little Women) for short, imho.

BUT, personally, I probably wouldn't force through a name that your dh is dead set against (although sounds like lots of time to slowly work him round - took dh 5 years to come round to my way of thinking about Laurence )

I prefer Laurie to Laurence (Lewellyn Bowen) springs to mind

Dunno about 'Lawrence' being English necessarily. Okay 'of Arabia' a Lawrence, but Olivier, Laurence Harvey (50s actor) etc all Laurences. In other words whatever spelling you prefer.

However agree with Niecie. not sure on Laurence. Don't like Larry. But like Laurie.

You have a good point, deepdarkwood, I chose both our childrens names-on the groung´d that I gave birth, but I couldn´t have given either of a name that hubby hated.

I wanted Laurence but DH was against it, so I dropped the idea. I like it a lot. Definitely wouldn't have shortened it to Larry though!

I know a little girl called Laurence (so for me, it sounds feminine...)

Laurence sounds like the feminine version of Laurent.

I absolutely love it, although judging by MN recently, it seems to be getting quite popular. DD1 is 14 and would have been Laurence/Laurie, had she been ds. It is fabbo - BUT I agree that if your dp hates it, you should compromise on something else.

My 12 yo son is Lawrence. He is a sweetheart. He gets called Lol, Laurie and Loz.

prefer the german version, Lars

It's a really lovely name. Laurence is my preferred spelling. Laurie for short is lovely too.

One of the best names - go for it!!!

not that keen

it's practically clarence

I really like it and love the nn Lawrie/Laurie. Unfortunately, the only one I know has the nn Lozza and that might put me off using it a bit.

My ds is Laurie - he is a 'Laurence' officially but doesn't ever get called his full name!!

Love Lawrence!