The name Lara is usually given to a Girl.
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The origin of the name lies in Latin.
Lara is pronounced as LAARah
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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.
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Lara | Girl's Baby Names | Bounty
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Meaning
Derived from the name Latin name
Laura , meaning 'laurel leaf' or
Clare meaning 'bright'and 'famous'.
In Roman mythology
Lara was the name of a beautiful nymph, while it's also the name of a famous games character...
Meaning, origin and history of the name Lara (2) - Behind the Name
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Origin
Russian, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian
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). Between 1965 and 1969 it increased by almost 2,000 percent in the United States, however it is currently much more popular in the United Kingdom,
Australia, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Germany. Another famous fictional bearer is
Lara Croft, first appearing in video games in 1996 and movies in 2001.
Pronunciation
/ˈlɑːɹ.ə/(English) /ˈlaː.ʁa/(German) /la.ʁa/(French) /ˈlaː.ra/(Italian) /ˈla.ɾa/(Spanish) /ˈla.ɾɐ/(Portuguese) /ˈlaː.raː/(Dutch) /ˈlɒ.rɒ/(Hungarian)