# Lazarus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lazarus/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “god has helped” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlæzəɹəs/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,043 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,043 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 61, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Late Latin Lazarus, from Koine Greek Λᾱ́ζᾱρος (Lā́zāros), the given name of Biblical figures mentioned in Luke 16 and John 12, from Biblical Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר ('El'azár), a given name shared by various people in the Hebrew Bible and literally meaning "God has helped". Doublet of Eleazar.

## 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 | 74 | 1,897 |
| 2012 | 87 | 1,735 |
| 2013 | 112 | 1,473 |
| 2014 | 124 | 1,382 |
| 2015 | 119 | 1,436 |
| 2016 | 134 | 1,334 |
| 2017 | 152 | 1,210 |
| 2018 | 153 | 1,220 |
| 2019 | 139 | 1,317 |
| 2020 | 144 | 1,276 |
| 2021 | 172 | 1,159 |
| 2022 | 146 | 1,302 |
| 2023 | 134 | 1,387 |
| 2024 | 145 | 1,329 |
| 2025 | 185 | 1,143 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 4 | 2,425 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Ղազարոս, Ղազար
- Bulgarian: Лазар
- Catalan: Llàtzer
- Hebrew: אֶלְעָזָר
- Hungarian: Lázár
- Italian: Lazzaro
- Portuguese: Lázaro
- Romanian: Lazăr
- Russian: Ла́зарь
- Spanish: Lázaro
- Turkish: Lazarus

## People named Lazarus

- Lazarus Fuchs, German mathematician (1833–1902)
- Lazarus Powell, American politician (1812–1867)
- Lazarus von Schwendi, Austrian general (1522–1583)
- Lazarus Geiger, German Jewish philosopher and philologist (1829-1870)
- Lazarus Spengler, German hymnwriter
- Lazarus Aaronson, British poet and lecturer in economics
- Paul Maas, German classical philologist (1880–1964)
- Lionel Wilson, American actor (1924-2003)

## 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.