Lazar

Where Lazar comes from

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Lazar, ultimately from Ancient Greek Λάζαρος (Lázaros), from Hebrew אלעזר (ʼElʻāzār).
— Wiktionary's entry for Lazar
  • Serbo-Croatian
Along the way
  1. 1931
    First appearance
    #3,763 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2012
    Peak, #2,954
    39 babies named Lazar — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2016
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #7,157.
In the dictionary
  • A Serbian male given name from Serbo-Croatian.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.