# Lazar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lazar/  
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 | Serbo-Croatian |
| Meaning | “leper” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Laser, Lazer |
| US babies named this | 811 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 811 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 86, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from lazare (“leper”), from Old French lazare, from Latin lazarus, from Lazarus (name of a biblical figure), from Ancient Greek Λάζαρος (Lázaros), from Hebrew אלעזר (ʼElʻāzār).

## 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 | 29 | 3,662 |
| 2012 | 39 | 2,987 |
| 2013 | 20 | 4,734 |
| 2014 | 24 | 4,205 |
| 2015 | 23 | 4,361 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7,417 |
| 2017 | 25 | 4,188 |
| 2018 | 30 | 3,668 |
| 2019 | 35 | 3,311 |
| 2020 | 27 | 3,877 |
| 2021 | 29 | 3,785 |
| 2022 | 25 | 4,243 |
| 2023 | 21 | 4,830 |
| 2024 | 30 | 3,751 |
| 2025 | 24 | 4,329 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## People named Lazar

- Lazar Drljača, Bosnian and Herzegovinian painter (1882-1970)
- Lázár Lovász, athletics competitor (1942–2023)
- Lazar Hayward, American basketball player (born 1986)
- Lazar Khristov, Canoe racer
- Llazar Fundo, Albanian political activist (1899-1944)
- Lazar Kojić, association football player
- Lazar Poptraykov, Bulgarian revolutionary and writer
- Joseph I of Bulgaria, Bulgarian Exarch (1840–1915)

## 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.