Rentz

Rentz
This ancient surname is recorded in over one hundred spelling forms ranging from the Scottish and English Lawrence and Laurens, to Laurant (France), Lorentz (Germany), Lorenzo (Spain), Renzi (Italy), and Vavrik (Czech). However spelt the ultimate surname derives from the male given name "Laurentius", which itself originates from Laurentium, the "city of laurels", in Italy. The idea of the laurel as a symbol of victory was probably the principal reason for the popularity of the name. Among Christians it became a favourite name through St. Laurence, Archdeacon of Rome in the mid 3rd Century, who was martyred under Valerian in 258 A.D., the church of Edzel in Scotland is dedicated to him. There is only one example of the name in the earliest known public records, the Domesday Book of England in 1086; however, by a century later, the name had became popular at all social levels. This in turn lead to the recognisable modern English and Scottish surnames Lawrence, Laurence and Lawrance, and such variants as Laurie and Lowrie. Early examples of recordings include Johan Lauri of Ulm in 1376, and Lucas Laurenci of Mahren, Germany, in 1447. In the church registers of London, England from the time of Queen Elizabeth 1st we have the christening of Ann Lawrence, on January 12th 1555, at St. Pancras', and one of the earliest settlers in the New World was Richard Lawrence, aged 20 yrs. He left London in January 1634, bound for the Barbados Island. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Magister Laurentius, a cleric, which was dated circa 1150, in the "Episcopal Records of Glasgow", Scotland. This was during the reign of King David 1 of Scotland, 1124 - 1153.

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  • Rentz — Rentz, GA U.S. town in Georgia Population (2000): 304 Housing Units (2000): 164 Land area (2000): 1.053582 sq. miles (2.728764 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.053582 sq. miles (2.728764 sq. km) …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Rentz, GA — U.S. town in Georgia Population (2000): 304 Housing Units (2000): 164 Land area (2000): 1.053582 sq. miles (2.728764 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.053582 sq. miles (2.728764 sq. km) FIPS code …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Rentz — Le nom est surtout porté dans le Haut Rhin. Variante : Renz (57). Diminutif : Rentzel (68). C est une forme courte de noms de personne commençant par Rein (Reinhardt, Reinold), éventuellement aussi de Lorentz …   Noms de famille

  • rentz — lo·rentz; lo·rentz·ian; …   English syllables

  • Rentz (Georgia) — Rentz …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Rentz (disambiguation) — Rentz can refer to a place, a person or persons, or a United States naval vessel. For these different uses see:* Rentz, Georgia, a small town in Laurens County, Georgia, United States* George S. Rentz (July 25, 1882 ndash; March 1, 1942), a… …   Wikipedia

  • Rentz, Georgia — Infobox Settlement official name = Rentz, Georgia other name = native name = nickname = settlement type = Town motto = imagesize = image caption = flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = image blank emblem = blank emblem type …   Wikipedia

  • rentz-fitzgerald — lo·rentz fitzgerald; …   English syllables

  • Rentz — Renz …   Wörterbuch der deutschen familiennamen

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