Given name & surname
Lazare
Lazare is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Lazare is a variant of Lazarus. Lazarus has been associated with Greek, Aramaic, and Hebrew naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Lazare is a variant of Lazarus. The history of Lazarus gives this family its wider story. In biblical stories, Lazarus is associated with the man raised from the dead by Jesus.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Lazare through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29
- 29 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,374 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,374 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 779 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.
Lazare’s family of names
Lazare shares a linguistic root with Lazarus. In French usage, Lazare has a conventional equivalent in the Esperanto form Lazaro. Lazare has a related form in Lazarus.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lazare has relatives in 16 languages.
13 related names in 16 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- LazaroEsperanto
- Lazarosequivalent
- LazzaroItalian
- LázaroSpanish, Portuguese
- Лазарequivalent
- ЛазарьRussian
- ŁazarzPolish
- ラザロJapanese
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People named Lazare
- Lazare CarnotFrench political, engineering and mathematical figure (1753–1823)
- Lazare HocheFrench general (1768–1797)
- Lazare PonticelliWorld War I veteran, piping and metal worker1897–2008
- Lazare GianessiFrench footballer (1925-2009)
- Bernard LazareFrench Jewish literary critic, political journalist, polemicist, and anarchist (1865-1903)
- Lazare LévyFrench classical pianist (1882–1964)
- Lazăr ȘăineanuRomania philologist, linguist, folklorist and cultural historian (1859–1934)
- Lazare WeillerFrench industrialist, inventor, art collector and politician (1858-1928)
- Lazaros of Mount Galesiosbyzantine monk and stylite966–1054
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