Lorenzo

Lorenzo is the Italian form of Laurence, from the Latin Laurentius, "from Laurentum," a city whose name may itself come from laurus, the laurel tree that crowned Roman victors. Lorenzo de' Medici, il Magnifico, patronized Michelangelo and Botticelli and effectively ran Renaissance Florence from the back of a library. The name has lived in American usage for decades within Italian American families and has climbed steadily into the U.S. top 150 in the 2020s. Three round syllables, a rolled r at the center, and a finish that lingers. Lorenzo feels like olive trees, frescoes, and a long dinner that no one is in a hurry to end.