A male given name from Latin, the usual spelling of Laurence in the U.S.; masculine of Lauren • A surname originating as a patronymic. • A placename: • A number of places in the United States: • A census-designated place in Chemung Township, McHenry County, Illinois. • A city in Marion County, Indiana. • A city, the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas. • A city in Massachusetts, and one of the two county seats of Essex County. • A township and village therein, in Van Buren County, Michigan. • An extinct village in St. Lawrence Township, Scott County, Minnesota. • An unincorporated community in Newton County, Mississippi. • A village in Nuckolls County, Nebraska. • A village in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York. • A town in St. Lawrence County, New York. • A census-designated place in Cecil Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. • An unincorporated community in Kaufman County, Texas. • An unincorporated community in Emery County, Utah. • An unincorporated community in Whatcom County, Washington. • A town in Brown County, Wisconsin. • An unincorporated community in the town of Westfield, Marquette County, Wisconsin. • A town in Rusk County, Wisconsin. • A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Lawrence Township. • A town in Clarence Valley council area, New South Wales, Australia. • A locality in the Shire of Hepburn, central western Victoria, Australia. • A small town in Otago, New Zealand, named after Henry Montgomery Lawrence. • Ellipsis of Lawrence v. Texas, a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex sexual relations; and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment.