Lars - Meaning of Lars

What does Lars mean?

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Lars

[ 1 syll. lar(s), la-rs ] The baby boy name Lars is pronounced as Laa-RZ †. Lars is largely used in the Scandinavian language and its origin is Latin. Lars is a variant transcription of the name Laurence (English and French).

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Lars is rare as a baby boy name. At the peak of its usage in 1901, 0.007% of baby boys were given the name Lars. It had a ranking of #818 then. The baby name has declined in popularity since then, and is now of very modest use. Out of all boy names in its family, Lars was nonetheless the most commonly used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Lars include Larch, Lark, Larse (Scandinavian), Lorc, Larche, Largo, Larka (Russian), Larkey, Larkie, Laura, Lauris (Latvian and Scandinavian), Laurus, Learco, Liraz (Hebrew), Lorik, Loris (Italian), Lyric, Lyrick, Lyrik, and Larya (Russian).

† English pronunciation for Lars: L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)"

A famous person named Lars is Rock Bandmember, Lars Ulrich, born 1981.