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Lara

LAAH-ra
Russian, diminutive of Larissa or Larisa
"citadel"
Sophie Kihm
By Sophie Kihm
Updated Wed Oct 15 2025

Lara Origin and Meaning

Variation of Larissa
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Famous People Named Lara

  • Lara Flynn Boyle
    American actress
  • Lara Catherina Stone
    Dutch,English supermodel
  • 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
    English actress
  • 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

The name Lara in Pop Culture

  • 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

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