Given name

Lárus

Lárus is a masculine given name. It is used in Icelandic.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Lárus comes from Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Latin Laurentius.

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Lárus’s family of names

In Icelandic usage, Lárus has a conventional equivalent in the French form Laurent. In Icelandic usage, Lárus has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Laurêncio. In Icelandic usage, Lárus has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Lourenço.

Walk Lárus’s family in the name graph

LárusLarusLaurenceLarsLaurentLaursΛαυρέντιοςLaurêncio

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Lárus has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

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5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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 7

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

People named Lárus

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

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

Latin

Laars

Laars is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Faroese.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Proto-Italic

Lutherus

Lutherus is a surname from Old Latin, ultimately from Proto-Italic. It is used in Latin.

No U.S. birth series

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Latin

Ancus

Ancus is a masculine given name from Latin.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Liberijus

Liberijus is a given name from Latin. It is used in Lithuanian.

No U.S. birth series

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Germanic

Landín

“to dare”

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Ancient Greek

Lukáš

“man from Lucania”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Llucas

Llucas is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Asturian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew

Líggjas

Líggjas is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Faroese.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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

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