Lorentzson Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Arms linked to Lorenzen and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Meaning of the name

Ancestors listed as Lorentzson are often found as Lorenzen a generation earlier. The family name meaning is “From Laurentius (Lawrence)”, the same as for Lorenzen.

Records show Lorentzson as one of the forms Lorenzen took over time. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. The same family of names includes Lorentson, Lorentzon and Lorenson.

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