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Lars
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English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z
Etymology 1
Borrowed from North Germanic, from Latin Laurentius.
Proper noun
Lars
- A male given name from Latin occasionally given to Anglophones.
- 2021 October 4, Reuters, “Lars Vilks, Swedish cartoonist who depicted Mohammed, killed in car crash”, in CNN:
- Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who stirred worldwide controversy in 2007 with drawings depicting the prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog, was killed in a car crash near the southern town of Markaryd on Sunday, police said.
Etymology 2
Formed within English as a plural form of lar, q.v.
Proper noun
Lars (plural only)
- Alternative form of Lares, the classical Roman household deities
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References
- Veka, O., Coleman, N. L. (2010). A Handbook of Scandinavian Names. United States: University of Wisconsin Press
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Danish
Etymology
From Latin Laurentius in the Middle Ages. Cognate with English Laurence.
Proper noun
Lars
- a male given name
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from a Scandinavian language.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lars m
- a male given name
Faroese
Proper noun
Lars m
- a male given name
Usage notes
Patronymics
- son of Lars: Larsson
- daughter of Lars: Larsdóttir
Declension
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Lars in the latter half of the 20th century.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lars
- a male given name
Icelandic
Proper noun
Lars m
- a male given name
Declension
This name is not declined.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin Laurentius, first recorded in Norway in the 15th century. Cognate with English Laurence.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lars m (definite Larsen)
- a male given name
Usage notes
In dialects which do have definite forms of given names, the definite form of Lars is Larsen. In some other dialects, while speaking about a concrete person named Lars, pronoun han is added: han Lars.
Patronymics:
- son of Lars: Larsson
- daughter of Lars: Larsdotter
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References
- 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.
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Swedish
Etymology
From Latin Laurentius. First recorded in Sweden in 1524. Cognate with English Laurence.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Lars c (genitive Lars)
- a male given name
Usage notes
- The most common first name of men born in Sweden in the 1940s and the 1950s
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References
- 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.
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