Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Lara

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LARA

GENDER: Feminine

USAGE: Russian, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian

OTHER SCRIPTS: Лара (Russian)

PRONOUNCED: LAHR-ə (English), LAH-rah (German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese) [key]

Meaning & History

Russian short form of LARISA. It was introduced to the English-speaking world by a character from Boris Pasternak's novel 'Doctor Zhivago' (1957) and the subsequent movie adaptation (1965).

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United States	ranked #924
England/Wales	-
Australia (NSW)	ranked #47
Austria	ranked #14
Belgium	ranked #42
Bosnia and Herzegovina	ranked #78
Catalonia	ranked #88
Croatia	ranked #11
France	ranked #195
Hungary	ranked #34
Ireland	-
Netherlands	ranked #61
Northern Ireland	ranked #77
Scotland	ranked #91
Slovenia	ranked #3
Spain	ranked #59

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