Laurel. Abbreviation of Lawrence or Laurence often used as an independent name. Of Laurentum. From the place of the laurel leaves. Can also be interpreted as the English version of the Irish name Lorcan: Fierce.
Laurel. Of Laurentum. From the place of the laurel leaves. Can also be interpreted as the English version of the Irish name Lorcan: Fierce. A Roman hero. Victorious.
The laurel tree or sweet bay tree symbolic of honor and victory. Old name with many variants. Laurel tree or sweet bay tree (symbols of honour and victory). The sonnets of 14th-century Italian poet Petrarch were addressed a lady named Laura, whose identity is still a mystery. Crowned with laurels. Laurel.
Descendant. Son; descendant. According to Norse legend Viking Leif Eriksson landed his longboat on North American shores some 500 years before Columbus arrived in the Caribean. Dearly loved.
Form of Luke. Light; illumination. Light. A literary name from Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, where it belongs to a fantastic. Form of Luke. 'Light; illumination.'. Spanish form of Luke 'light'. Brings light.