Lars

From North Germanic.

• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)z

Lars

1. A male given name occasionally given to Anglophones.

Formed within English as a plural form of lar, q.v.

Lars (plural only)

1. Alternative form of Lares, the classical Roman household deities

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From Latin Laurentius in the Middle Ages. Cognate with English Laurence.

Lars

1. A male given name.

• (male names) Lasse, Laurits, Laurids, Lauritz, Laurs, Laust
• (female names) Larsine
• (surnames) Larsen

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 60 014 males with the given nameLars have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Lars m

1. A male given name

Patronymics

• son of Lars: Larsson
• daughter of Lars: Larsdóttir

Borrowed from Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Lars in the latter half of the 20th century.

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Lars

1. A male given name.

From Latin Laurentius, first recorded in Norway in the 15th century. Cognate with English Laurence.

• IPA^(key): /lɑːʂ/

Lars

1. A male given name.

• (male given names) Lasse, Laurits
• (surnames) Larsen

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 30 381 males with the given name Lars living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 19th century and a minor peak in the 1970s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

From Latin Laurentius. First recorded in Sweden in 1524. Cognate with English Laurence.

Lars c (genitive Lars)

1. A male given name.

• The most common first name of men born in Sweden in the 1940s and the 1950s

• (male given names) Lasse
• (surnames) Larsson

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån: 235 086 males with the given name Lars living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010. Accessed on 19 June 2011.