Lara name - Meaning of Lara
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- Gender
- Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 5
- Usage
- Russian, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Greek
- Pronounced
- LAHR-ə (English) , LAH-rah (German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese)
- Lara Meaning
- Russian short form of Larisa. It was introduced to the English-speaking world by a character from Boris Pasternak's novel 'Doctor Zhivago' (1957) and the subsequent movie adaptation (1965). Lara is a diminutive of Larissa. Larissa originates in Greek language and means "woman from citadel". In Greek mythology, Larissa was a nymph and the daughter of Pelasgus. It was also the name of a 4th century Christian martyr, Saint Larissa. Larissa is also the name of an important city in Greece. As a feminine given name it has been fairly popular in the United States. Lara was popularized as the character name of Lara Croft in video games and a subsequent film starring Angelina Jolie.
Lara Related Names
Variant:, Larinda, Larita, Larra
Other Languages: Larisa (Greek Mythology), Larisa (Latvian), Larisa, Larysa (Ukrainian)
Lara Celebrities
Lara Flynn Boyle - actress, Lara Fabian - musician, Lara Grice - actress, Lara Logan - journalist, Lara Jill Miller - actress, Lara Sacher - actress,
