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Lazar
Say it: LAH-zahr
Meaning
From Hebrew Elazar 'God has helped', through Greek Lazaros.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Through the prince killed at Kosovo in 1389 and venerated as a saint, a classic Serbian name.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 679 babies given this name since 1931
- At its height in 2012, about 1 in 48,600 boys
- 25 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Лазар
| Russian | Lazar |
|---|---|
| Polish | Łazarz |
| Hebrew | Elazar |
Famous bearers
- Prince Lazar of Serbia
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.