Given name & surname
Lazaro
Lazaro is a surname from Spanish. It is used in Tagalog.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Lazaro 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 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Lazaro 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
Lazaro through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,118
- 7,118 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 143 babies
- 2025
- 117
- #1,504 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +14%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 117 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,504 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 143 in 2004. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (32). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 17,054 as a first name in 2020; 8,531 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.
Lazaro’s family of names
Lazaro has a related form in Lazarus. In Esperanto usage, Lazaro has a conventional equivalent in the French form Lazare. In Esperanto usage, Lazaro has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Lázaro.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lazaro has relatives in 4 languages.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lazaro
- Laz AlonsoCuban American actorborn 1974
- DJ LazAmerican rapper and record producer (born 1971)
- Lázaro Vallebaseball playerborn 1962
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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