Given name

Lára

“laurel tree”

Lára is a feminine given name from Latin, meaning “laurel tree.” It is used in Icelandic.

Original LatinLaura

Meaning & origin

What it means

Lára means “laurel tree.”

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Where it comes from

Lára comes from Latin.

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How it developed

From Latin Laura.

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Lára’s family of names

In Icelandic usage, Lára has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Laura. In Icelandic usage, Lára was borrowed from the Latin form Laura. In Icelandic usage, Lára has a conventional equivalent in the German form Lara.

Walk Lára’s family in the name graph

LáraЛараLauraLara

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Lára has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

Latin

Latinwhere Lára comes from · 1 name

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Lára, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Latin · Nature

Ávila

“bird”

No U.S. birth series

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Germanic · Nature

Ascariz

“ash tree; spear”

No U.S. birth series

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Latin · Nature

Fleuri

“flower”

No U.S. birth series

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Latin · Nature

Reseda

“resembling the mignonette flower”

No U.S. birth series

5% boys · 95% girls

Latin · Nature

Florianne

“flower”

No U.S. birth series

1% boys · 99% girls

English · Nature

Coral

Coral is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “resembling the semiprecious sea growth; from the reef.”

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>99% girls

Germanic · Nature

Escarís

“ash tree; spear”

No U.S. birth series

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Latin · Nature

Reboreda

“an oak tree”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Lára’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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