Lázaro

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Lázaro

Say it: LAH-sah-roh

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Meaning

From Hebrew El'azar 'God has helped'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Popular now

In the United States

6,561 babies given this name since 1911
At its height in 2004, about 1 in 13,900 boys
109 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Mexican Spanish Andean

The family of the name

Portuguese	Lázaro
Italian	Lazzaro

Famous bearers

Lázaro Cárdenas, president of Mexico

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IsidroBoyFrom Greek Isidoros 'gift of Isis'.Colonial · peak 2000 · forgotten

RosendoBoyFrom Germanic Hrodsind (Latin Rudesindus): hrod 'fame' with a second element probably meaning 'path, journey'.Early Medieval · peak 1930 · forgotten

RefugioGirl or boySpanish 'refuge', after Nuestra Señora del Refugio, Refuge of Sinners.Colonial · peak 1927 · forgotten

FermínBoyFrom Latin Firminus, from firmus 'firm, steadfast'.Middle Ages · peak 1994

HilarioBoyFrom Latin hilaris 'cheerful'.Colonial · peak 1929 · forgotten

LazarusBoyGreek form of Hebrew El'azar, 'God has helped'.Biblical · peak 2018 · forgotten

LazarBoyFrom Hebrew Elazar 'God has helped', through Greek Lazaros.Middle Ages

Where this comes from

The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
Parish baptism registers
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.