Lorenzo is an Italian and Spanish masculine given name of Latin origin. It is used in Italy, Spain, and other Spanish-speaking countries. The name was derived from the Roman surname Laurentius. Laurentum, which is itself named after the laurel tree, was an ancient Roman city of Latium situated between Ostia and Lavinium, on the west coast of the Italian peninsula southwest of Rome.
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People with the given name
Films, television, and games
Lorenzo Caccialanza (born 1955), Italian-born American actor
Lorenzo Lamas (born 1958), American actor
Lorenzo Menakaya, Nigerian actor, filmmaker and radio host
Lorenzo Milá (born 1960), Spanish newscaster
Lorenzo Milam (1933–2020), American broadcaster
Lorenzo Music (1937–2001), American actor
Lorenzo Tucker (1907–1986), American actor
Lorenzo Zurzolo (born 2000), Italian actor
Music
Lorenzo (rapper), French rapper
Lorenzo Cherubini, aka Jovanotti (born 1966), Italian rapper and songwriter
Lorenzo da Firenze, Italian composer and music teacher of the trecento
Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749–1838), Venetian librettist
Lorenzo Ferrero (born 1951), Italian composer
Lorenzo Fragola (born 1995), Italian singer-songwriter
Lorenzo Jerald Patterson (born 1969), stage name MC Ren, American rapper and hip hop producer
Don Lorenzo Perosi (1872–1956), Italian composer
Lorenzo Salvetti (born 2007), Italian singer-songwriter
Lorenzo Smith (born 1972), American singer and songwriter
Lorenzo Viotti, Swiss conductor
Lorenzo de Monteclaro, Mexican singer
Politics
Lorenzo II, Duke of Urbino (1492–1519), Italian statesman
Lorenzo Fontana (born 1980), Italian politician
Lorenzo de' Medici (1449–1492), Italian statesman
Lorenzo T. Durand (1849–1917), American politician and lawyer
Lorenzo II, Raja of Larantuka (1859–1910), Larantukan statesman
Sports
Lorenzo Alexander (born 1983), American football linebacker
Lorenzo Bernard (born 1997), Italian para-cyclist
Lorenzo Bontempelli (born 1965), Italian racing driver
Lorenzo Brown (born 1990), basketball player
Lorenzo Buffon (1929–2025), Italian football player
Lorenzo Cain (born 1986), American baseball player
Lorenzo Carter (American football) (born 1995), American football player
Lorenzo "L.J." Cason (born 2006), American basketball player
Lorenzo Cittadini (born 1982), Italian rugby union player
Lorenzo Daniel (born 1966), American track and field sprinter
Lorenzo Doss (born 1994), American football player
Lorenzo Duncan (born c. 1965), American basketball player
Lorenzo Fontana (born 1996), Italian rower
Lorenzo Insigne (born 1991), Italian footballer
Lorenzo Ma'afu (born 1987), New Zealand rugby league player
Lorenzo Mata (born 1986), Mexican-American basketball player
Lorenzo Mathiot (born 1977), Seychellois footballer
Other
Lorenzo Bandini (1935–1967), Italian motor racing driver
Lorenzo Costa (1460–1535), Italian painter
Lorenzo Dow (1777–1834), American preacher
Lorenzo Gafa (1638–1703), Maltese architect
Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378–1455), Italian artist
Lorenzo Lotto (1480–1556), Italian painter
Lorenzo Maitani (1255–1330), Italian architect
Lorenzo Mascheroni (1750–1800), Italian mathematician
Lorenzo Odone (1978–2008), American ALD patient, the first treated with Lorenzo's oil
Lorenzo Ornaghi (born 1948), Italian academic
Lorenzo Ramero, Italian mathematician
Lorenzo Ruiz (1594–1637), first Filipino saint
Lorenzo Snow (1814–1901), American LDS apostle and church president
Lorenzo Valla (c. 1407–1457), Italian humanist, rhetorician, and educator
Lorenzo Milkyway, Sully the Lightnerd's husband.
People with the surname
Edelmiro Lorenzo (1910–1997), Spanish footballer
Fiorenzo di Lorenzo (1440–1522), Italian painter
Frank Lorenzo (born 1940), American airline executive and corporate raider
Gabriele Lorenzo (born 2006), Italian para swimmer
Gramiccia Lorenzo (1702–1796), Italian painter
Gonzalo Lorenzo, Spanish footballer
Irving Lorenzo, aka Irv Gotti (born 1970), American record producer
Jorge Lorenzo (born 1987), Spanish motorcycle racer
O'Donell Lorenzo (1910–1979), Spanish footballer
Ruth Lorenzo (born 1982), Spanish singer and composer
Santiago Lorenzo (born 1978), Argentine decathlete
Steven Lorenzo (born 1959), American convicted murderer and serial rapist
Fictional characters
Lorenzo, a character from Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race
Lorenzo Bartolini, a character in the 2010 film Letters to Juliet
Lorenzo Montereal, character in the Filipino television series Lorenzo's Time
Lorenzo St. John, a character from TV series The Vampire Diaries
Lorenzo Zoil, a character in the 2011 film Paul