A baptismal name for a boy
Lawrence
5 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Lawrence
Hieromartyr Lawrence of RomeAugust 10One of the seven deacons of Rome under Sixtus II, killed for his faith in 258.
Venerable Lawrence of ChernigovDecember 29Schema-archimandrite born in 1868 in Chernigov province, who died at Chernigov in 1950; canonized in 1993.
Saint Lawrence of TurovJanuary 29Bishop of Turov who spent much of his life at the Kiev Caves Lavra; died in 1184 or 1194.
Saint Lawrence I of MilanJuly 25Archbishop of Milan from 490 to about 511.
Venerable Lawrence of the Kiev CavesAugust 28A monk of the Kiev Caves Lavra.
Questions
The name day of Lawrence is August 10, the feast of Hieromartyr Lawrence of Rome. It is also kept on December 29, January 29, July 25, August 28.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 5 saints named Lawrence, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Lawrence is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Hieromartyr Lawrence of Rome as patron.