Boy · Mapudungun (Mapuche), through Spanish
Lautaro
Say it: low-TAH-roh
Meaning
Spanish rendering of the Mapuche name Leftraru, usually explained from Mapudungun lef 'swift' and trarü 'caracara hawk'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Celebrated in Ercilla's epic 'La Araucana' and taken up by independence-era patriots, it has become a popular boys' name in Argentina and Chile.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 80 babies given this name since 2002
- At its height in 2005, about 1 in 133,100 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Lautaro, Mapuche war leader (died 1557)
- Lautaro Martínez, Argentine footballer
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Colonial records of the Americas
- Well-known works of literature
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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