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Thoughts on the name Laurenz for a boy?
Thoughts on Laurenz / Lorenz?It's the Germanic form of "Lawrence", pronounced lor-ENZ.

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It's nice but the spelling looks off with a Z.
I like it. I think it would work in a non-German area just fine. They might just put the emphasis on the wrong syllable (like LOR-enz).
It's ok if you live in a German speaking country
In German, Laurenz would be LOW-Rents, where Low rhymes with how, and Lorenz would be LOR-ents. And they're fine in Germany. But elsewhere, they come complete with pronunciation issues which make them worth avoiding.
Dang, I prefer OP’s pronunciation.