Given name & surname
Lasse
Lasse is used as a given name and a surname. Lasse is connected with Laurence.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scandinavian.
How it developed
In Finnish use, Lasse is used as a form of Laurence.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Lasse is a form of Laurence. The history of Laurence gives this family its wider story. Laurence was in use during the Middle Ages.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Lasse through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 146 as a first name in 2020; 110 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lasse’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Lasse is a diminutive of Laurence. In Norwegian usage, Lasse has a conventional equivalent in the English form Larry. Lasse is a form of Laurence.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lasse has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
5 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Lorenzoequivalent
- Lawrenceequivalent
- LarryEnglish
- Laurentequivalent
- Lorenzequivalent
- Laurentiusequivalent
- Llorençequivalent
- Lőrincequivalent
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People named Lasse
- Lasse SchöneDanish footballerborn 1986
- Lasse HallströmSwedish director and screenwriterborn 1946
- Lasse VirénFinnish long-distance runnerborn 1949
- Lasse KjusNorwegian former alpine ski racerborn 1971
- Lasse Norman LethDanish road cyclistborn 1992
- Lasse Svan HansenDanish handball playerborn 1983
- Lasse AnderssonDanish handball playerborn 1994
- Lasse VibeDanish association football playerborn 1987
- Lasse BerghagenSwedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter (1945–2023)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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