Lauritz

Lauritz is a typically masculine given name, a Scandinavian form of the English Laurence or Lawrence. Another Danish and Estonian form is Laurits.

== Popularity in Scandinavia == The name has been decreasing in popularity in all Scandinavian countries ever since the 1880s. The table below shows percentage of the respective country's population named Lauritz or Laurits. {| class="wikitable" |- ! Country !! Percentage !! Reference |- | Denmark || 0.009% || |- | Norway || 0.05% || |- | Sweden || 0.286% || |}