Lara

Where Lara comes from

Anglicized from Russian Ла́ра (Lára), a Russian pet form of Larissa, known from the novel (1957) and film (1965) Dr Zhivago.
— Wiktionary's entry for Lara
  • Russian
  • Ukrainian
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1887
    First appearance
    #1,147 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1969
    Peak, #222
    1,354 babies named Lara — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1970
    Lara Fabian born
    Belgian and Canadian singer and songwriter
  4. 1973
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #334.
  5. 1978
    Lara Dutta born
    Indian actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Russian or Ukrainian.
Namesakes
  • Lara Dutta · Indian actress, born 1978
  • Lara Fabian · Belgian and Canadian singer and songwriter, born 1970
  • Lara Flynn Boyle · American actress, born 1970
  • Lara Gut-Behrami · Swiss alpine skier, born 1991
  • Lara Stone · Dutch model, born 1983

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.