Lara

Lara \la-ra, lar-a\ is a female's name. It consists of 4 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby girl name Lara is pronounced as LAARah in English or LAARaa in German ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Lara: L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)"

What is the origin of Lara?

Lara is largely used in English, Russian, Slavic, and German. It is derived from Latin and Old Greek origins. In Roman mythology, Lara or Larunda was a beautiful nymph exiled to the Underworld by Jupiter for revealing his amorous affairs. The name was introduced to English speakers by Boris Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago (1957) and the subsequent highly successful film (1965), in which Lara Antipova is the name of the tragic heroine. It was also made known by Lara's Theme, the name of the recurring musical cue for the film written by Maurice Jarre. In recent times, the name has been made known by Lara Croft, the action heroine of the Tomb Raider video game series (1996-) and subsequent movies (2001,2003). In addition, Lara is a contracted form of the name Klara pronounciation (Czech, German, Latvian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Ukrainian) as well as a variant transcription of the name Clare name variations (English). Lara can also be an English, Russian, and Slavic contracted form of the name Larissa name (German and Russian). Lara can also be an English, German, and Russian variant transcription of the name Laura name variations (Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish). name Larae, Laralaine definition, Laramae definition, name Laretta meaning, name Larette origin, name Laria origin, Larinda name variations, meaning of Larita, and Larya name popularity are variant transcriptions of Lara. The diminutives Lari meaning and origin (English) and Larina name popularity (English), and the spelling variants Larah name variations (English) and Larra meaning of name (English) are other forms of the name. Lara is a classic favorite. Currently it is still somewhat popular as a baby girl name, but to a lesser degree than it was previously. The name increased in popularity during the 1960s; before that, it was of infrequent use only. At the modest height of its usage in 1969, 0.077% of baby girls were named Lara. It had a ranking of #224 then. The baby name has seen a fall in popularity since then. In 2010, its usage was 0.015% and its ranking #881. Within the family of girl names directly related to Lara, Laura meaning was the most commonly used. In 2010, it was more widely used than Lara by 4 times.

The following famous people share the name Lara:

• Actress Lara Flynn Boyle, born 24 March 1970, Davenport, Iowa
• Fictional Adventurer Lara Croft, born 1997
• TV Newscaster Lara Logan, born 1971, Durban, South Africa
• Violinist Lara St
• John, born 1971, London, Ontario, Canada.

List of baby names Lara:

La Rue definition, baby name Larae (English), Larah name (English), what does the name Laree mean (English), short names for Lari (English), Larie pronounciation, meaning of Laroo, short names for Larra (English), Larrie definition, Larue meaning of name (English), Laura meaning of name (Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish), short names for Laurah (English), short names for Lauri (English), Laurie name variations (English), Laury name popularity (English), Lawra meaning of name, Lera meaning (English and Russian), baby name Lior, Lira name (English), and baby name Llora (Catalan).

The baby name Lara fun facts:

The name Lara in reverse order is "Aral".

The numerological value of the name Lara is number 5, which means expansiveness, visionary, adventure, the constructive use of freedom.

How popular is Lara?

Lara is in the top names in USA.