Lars
Meaning
laurel-crowned (Scandinavian form of Laurence)
Lars around the world
One shared root links 7 names across 3 languages.
Shared root: from Latin Laurentius "man from Laurentum", a city name Rome linked by tradition to laurus "laurel"
The constellation
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Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Lars peaked in the 1990s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
179 people · the #27,483 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 23
Among people named Lars living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Lars
Most people given the name Lars in the United States were born between 1960 and 2009. The Lars you meet today is most often in his 20s or 30s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Lars deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Lars truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Lars fits with your family’s names and surname.
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