Given name & surname · also Portuguese

Labrador

“landholder, farmer”

Labrador is a surname from Portuguese (ultimately Latin). It is used in English and Spanish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Labrador goes back to Portuguese lavrador, meaning “landholder, farmer.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Labrador comes from Portuguese, and ultimately from Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Portuguese lavrador (“landholder, farmer”), from Latin labor (“work”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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

Latin

Lastikka

Lastikka is a surname from Latin. It is used in Finnish.

No U.S. birth series

—

Latin

Laakkonen

Laakkonen is a given name, probably from Latin. It is used in Finnish.

No U.S. birth series

—

Latin

Salwator

“to save”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Landín

“to dare”

No U.S. birth series

—

Ancient Greek

Lleshdër

Lleshdër is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Albanian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Laurendi

“man from Latium”

No U.S. birth series

—

Ancient Greek

Polidor

Polidor is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Catalan and Occitan.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Laars

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

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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

A brother for Labrador

A sister for Labrador