Behind the Name: Meaning, origin and history of the name Lars

Lars

Given Name LARS

GENDER: Masculine

PRONOUNCED: LAHSH (Swedish, Norwegian), LAHRS (Danish, Finnish) [key]

Meaning & History

Scandinavian form of LAURENCE (1).

Related Names

VARIANTS: Lorens (Swedish), Lorens, Laurits, Lauritz (Norwegian), Lorens, Laurits, Lauritz (Danish), Laurens (Dutch), Laurenz, Lorenz (German)

OTHER LANGUAGES/CULTURES: Laurentius (Ancient Roman), Llorenç (Catalan), Lovre, Lovrenco, Lovro (Croatian), Vavřinec (Czech), Laurence, Lawrence, Larrie, Larry, Lauren, Laurie, Lawrie, Laz, Loren, Lorin, Lorrin (English), Laurent, Enzo (French), Lourens (Frisian), Lavrentios (Greek), Lőrinc (Hungarian), Lárus (Icelandic), Labhrás (Irish), Lorenzo, Enzo, Loris, Renzo (Italian), Lau, Lor (Limburgish), Laurynas (Lithuanian), Larkin, Law (Medieval English), Lorencio (Medieval Spanish), Wawrzyniec (Polish), Lourenço (Portuguese), Laurențiu (Romanian), Lavrenti, Lavrentiy, Lavrenty (Russian), Labhrainn (Scottish), Vavrinec (Slovak), Lovrenc, Lovro (Slovene), Lorenzo (Spanish)

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