# Laszlo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/laszlo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hungarian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,057 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,057 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 165, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian László, from the Slavic given name Ladislav, a variant of Vladislav. Doublet of Ladislaus.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 5,843 |
| 2012 | 18 | 5,163 |
| 2013 | 37 | 3,033 |
| 2014 | 23 | 4,334 |
| 2015 | 23 | 4,359 |
| 2016 | 28 | 3,848 |
| 2017 | 25 | 4,187 |
| 2018 | 35 | 3,279 |
| 2019 | 22 | 4,579 |
| 2020 | 28 | 3,774 |
| 2021 | 26 | 4,081 |
| 2022 | 26 | 4,149 |
| 2023 | 35 | 3,388 |
| 2024 | 28 | 3,941 |
| 2025 | 32 | 3,561 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1,879 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,263 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Laszlo

- László Bodnár, association football player (b. 1979)
- László Berti, fencer (1875–1952)
- László 7th Prince Batthyány-Strattmann, (1870–1931) Hungarian aristocrat and physician
- László Fidel, Canoe racer
- László Ranódy, film director (1919–1983)
- László Tábori, American middle and long-distance runner of Hungarian descent
- Laszlo Toth, Australian geologist known for vandalism (1938–2012)
- László Makra, climatologist, university professor from Hungary
- László Foltán, canoe racer (1953–)
- Bulcsú László, Croatian translator and writer (1922-2016)
- László Somogyi, (1907–1988) Hungarian conductor
- László Vadász, Chess Grandmaster (1948–2005)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.