Lara

LAAH-ra

Russian, diminutive of Larissa or Larisa

"citadel"

Updated Tue Sep 30 2025

Lara Origin and Meaning

The name Lara is a girl's name of Russian origin meaning "citadel".

This is an alternative to Laura or Lauren made romantic by Dr Zhivago, and badass by video-game heroine Lara Croft.

In mythology, Lara was a nymph in Ovid's Fasti known for her beauty and inability to keep secrets. As a place name, Lara is a state in Venezuela.

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Lara Flynn Boyle
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Lara Spencer (born Lara Christine Von Seelen)
American TV news anchor
Lara Bingle
Australian model and reality TV personality
Lara Wollington
English actress
Lara McDonnell
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Lara Parker (born Mary Lamar Rickey)
American actress
Lara Pulver
English Actress
Lara Dutta (Bhupathi)
Indian actress and Miss Universe 2000
Lara Cardella
Italian novelist
Lara Jill Miller
American voice actress
Lara Fabian
Belgo,Canadian singer
Lara Logan
American TV journalist
Lara St. John
Canadian violinist
Lara Veronin aka Lara Liang
lead singer in Taiwanese band Nan Quan Mama
Lara Yunaska Trump
wife of businessman Eric Trump; daughter,in,law of President Donald Trump

Lara Croft
main character in the Tomb Raider video game series
Lara Jean Song Covey
main character in "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" series by Jenny Han
Lara Antipova
character in Boris Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago," 1965 movie, and basis for song "Lara's Theme" by Maurice Jarr
Lara Lor
Van, biological mother of Superman
Lara Buterskaya
character in John Green's "Looking for Alaska".
Lara
character in Turkish TV series "I Named Her Feriha"
"Lara
A Tale," poem by Lord Byron