Lars

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Old Danish Old Danish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Faroe Islands Faroese
Finland Finnish
Iceland Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

1) Short form of Lares (see Laurenz) [1] [2] [3]

2) Short form of Laris (see Laurits) [1] [2] [3]

Related Names

     
Laars ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Lágon ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Lájár ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Láras ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Lars ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Old Danish Old Swedish Swedish
Larsa ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Larsa ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Lársa ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Larseus ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Larsiane ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Larsigne ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Larsine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian
Larsinius ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Larska ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Larss ♂ Norwegian
Larssi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

See also Labbe Lari and Lasse

Combinations

Name
Element     		Example
SIGN see Larsigne

Name Days

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

10 August

Norway Norway

10 August

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

10 August

Sweden Sweden

10 August

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Lars
Accusative: Lars
Dative: Larsi
Genitive: Lars

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Norway: 15th century [3]
Sweden: 1524 [1]

Namesakes

Lars Olof Jonathan (Nathan) Söderblom, 15 January 1866 – 12 July 1931, Swedish clergyman, Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden, and Nobel laureate (Peace, 1930)

Lars Onsager, 27 November 1903 – 5 October 1976, Norwegian-born American physical chemist and theoretical physicist, Nobel laureate (Chemistry, 1968)

Lars Korvald, former Prime Minister of Norway (1972-1973)

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 0 99846 235086
Denmark Denmark[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 n.a. 46440 n.a
Norway Norway[6] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 0 10585 30381
Finland Finland[7] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 0 n.a 9364
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[4][5][6][7]:Name statistics for Lars(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[6]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Lars(m)


Sources: [4] [5] [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  3. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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