Lara

LAAH-ra

Russian, diminutive of Larissa or Larisa

"citadel"

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.

Lara Rank in US Top 1000

# 695 in the US

Lara Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 601 on Nameberry

Lara Popularity

• 695 US 2022
• 601 Nameberry 2024
• 645 Future 2028
• 98 England 2021
• 97 Scotland 2023
• 85 Ireland 2021
• 98 Australia 2022
• 32 Germany 2023
• 52 Netherlands 2023
• 17 Spain 2022
• 19 Portugal 2022
• 32 Brazil 2023
• 64 Belgium 2022
• 21 Switzerland 2022
• 17 Austria 2022
• 12 Hungary 2022
• 91 Poland 2023
• 17 Slovenia 2022
• 79 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2022
• 18 Croatia 2022
• 177 Canada 2022

20 Names Similar to Lara

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Lara.

• Kara
• Lia
• Lana
• Kira
• Laura
• Lane
• Leah
• Maia
• Lilah
• Mara
• Laila
• Holly
• Larissa
• Livia
• Rhea
• Liana
• Leila
• Keira
• Juliana
• Eva

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

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