Given name & surname · also Old Galician-Portuguese
Lázaro
“He has helped”
Lázaro is a masculine given name from Old Galician-Portuguese, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Spanish and Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lázaro goes back to Latin Lazarus, meaning “He has helped.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Lázaro comes from Old Galician-Portuguese, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Portuguese usage, Lázaro developed from Lazarus. In Spanish usage, Lázaro developed from Λάζαρος.
Lázaro’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Lázaro developed from the Latin form Lazarus. In Spanish usage, Lázaro has a conventional equivalent in the Esperanto form Lazaro. In Spanish usage, Lázaro has a conventional equivalent in the English form Lazarus.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Lázaro has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
7 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lázaro
- Lázaro Cárdenas51st President of Mexico1895–1970
- Lazar BrankovićDespot of Serbia1421–1458
- Lázaro ÁlvarezAmateur World Champion, Cuban Boxerborn 1991
- Ghazar ParpetsiArmenian historian442–510
- Lázaro BruzónCuban-American chess playerborn 1982
- Lázaro MartínezCuban triple jumperborn 1997
- Lázaro RivasOlympic wrestler (1975–2013)
- Lázaro RamosBrazilian actor, TV presenter, voice actor, filmmaker and writerborn 1978
- Lázaro Chacón GonzálezGuatemalan President (1873-1931)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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