Lorincz Family History

Hungarian (Lőrincz): from an old variant of the personal name Lőrinc from Latin Laurentius (see Lawrence). The surname Lorincz is also found in Romania while in Slovakia it is spelled Lőrincz and Lörincz.

Jewish (from Hungary; Lőrincz): adoption of the name in 1 above either as a Hungarian calque of the formerly used German-based surname Lorenz or because the Hungarian surname has some sounds in common with the original surname.