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Λάζαρος
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Λάζαρος (Lā́zāros) is a masculine given name from Hebrew, meaning “<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">El</i> has helped.” It is used in Greek and Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and Greek and grWritten in Greek script. In English: Lázaros.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Λάζαρος means “<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">El</i> has helped.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר (ʾelʿāzār, “<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">El</i> has helped.”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Λάζαρος’s family of names
In Ancient Greek usage, Λάζαρος has a later derivative in Lazar. In Greek usage, Λάζαρος has a conventional equivalent in the French form Lazare. In Greek usage, Λάζαρος can be written in the Roman alphabet as Lázaros.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Λάζαρος has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
8 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Lazarusequivalent
- Lazaroequivalent
- Lazarderivative · English
- LazareFrench
- Lazzaroequivalent
- ܠܥܙܪderivative · aii
- Lozoriusborrowing · Lithuanian
- Ղազարոսderivative · Classical Armenian
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People named Λάζαρος
- Lazaros PapadopoulosGreek basketball player (born 1980)
- Lazaros KountouriotisGreek politician1769–1852
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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