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Lars

See also: lars, lärs, and lårs

English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from North Germanic, from Latin Laurentius.

Proper noun

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Lars

  1. A male given name from Latin occasionally given to Anglophones.
    • 2021 October 4, Reuters, “Lars Vilks, Swedish cartoonist who depicted Mohammed, killed in car crash”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who stirred worldwide controversy in 2007 with drawings depicting the prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog, was killed in a car crash near the southern town of Markaryd on Sunday, police said.

Etymology 2

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Formed within English as a plural form of lar, q.v.

Proper noun

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Lars (plural only)

  1. Alternative form of Lares, the classical Roman household deities
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References

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  • Veka, O., Coleman, N. L. (2010). A Handbook of Scandinavian Names. United States: University of Wisconsin Press

Anagrams

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Latin Laurentius in the Middle Ages. Cognate with English Laurence.

Proper noun

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Lars

  1. a male given name
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  • [2] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 60 014 males with the given nameLars have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from a Scandinavian language.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lɑrs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Lars
  • Rhymes: -ɑrs

Proper noun

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Lars m

  1. a male given name

Faroese

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Proper noun

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Lars m

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

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Patronymics

  • son of Lars: Larsson
  • daughter of Lars: Larsdóttir

Declension

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singular
indefinite
nominative Lars
accusative Lars
dative Larsi
genitive Lars

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Lars in the latter half of the 20th century.

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Lars

  1. a male given name

Icelandic

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Proper noun

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Lars m

  1. a male given name

Declension

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This name is not declined.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin Laurentius, first recorded in Norway in the 15th century. Cognate with English Laurence.

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Lars m (definite Larsen)

  1. a male given name

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In dialects which do have definite forms of given names, the definite form of Lars is Larsen. In some other dialects, while speaking about a concrete person named Lars, pronoun han is added: han Lars.

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  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • [3] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 30 381 males with the given name Lars living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 19th century and a minor peak in the 1970s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Latin Laurentius. First recorded in Sweden in 1524. Cognate with English Laurence.

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Lars c (genitive Lars)

  1. a male given name

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  • The most common first name of men born in Sweden in the 1940s and the 1950s
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References

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  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [4] Statistiska centralbyrån: 235 086 males with the given name Lars living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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