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

LARA (1)

Gender: Feminine

Other Scripts: Лара (Russian)

Pronounced: LAHR-ə (English) [key]

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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(see also LÁRA, LARA (2))