Laszlo
2025 SSA
About Laszlo
The Hungarian classic Laszlo, with its zippy 'z' middle and energetic 'o' ending, has become something of a hipster option, beginning to be considered by cutting-edge parents.
A name with a royal heritage in its native country in the Ladislaus form, it is still among the top Hungarian names for boys. In Hungary, Laszlo is pronounced with a soft S sound.
Laszlo is probably most familiar to Americans via the noble Paul Henreid character in Casablanca, who was Czech. There have been other fictional Laszlos in Real Genius and the Doctor Who series, and Laszlo is the name of the Ralph Fiennes character in The English Patient.
Real life namesakes include painter Moholy-Nagy and acclaimed cinematographer Kovacs. Two well-known actors who were born with the name Laszlo are Peter Lorre and Leslie Howard.
The spelling of the name is sometimes streamlined to Lazlo.
Pronounced LAHZ-loh.
As of October 2026, Laszlo ranked #3561 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1603 in 1966.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,333 | 23 | 12 |
| 2015 | #4,359 | 23 | 12 |
| 2016 | #3,847 | 28 | 14.8 |
| 2017 | #4,187 | 25 | 13.5 |
| 2018 | #3,278 | 35 | 19.3 |
| 2019 | #4,578 | 22 | 12.3 |
| 2020 | #3,772 | 28 | 16.2 |
| 2021 | #4,079 | 26 | 14.9 |
| 2022 | #4,146 | 26 | 14.9 |
| 2023 | #3,383 | 35 | 20.5 |
| 2024 | #3,930 | 28 | 16.3 |
| 2025 | #3,561 | 32 | 18.7 |
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Laszlo on lists
Famous Laszlos
- László Howard Steiner
birth name of Leslie Howard, English actor
- László Löwenstein
birth name of Peter Lorre, Austro,Hungarian,American actor
- László Sólyom
3rd President of Hungary
- László Kovács
Hungarian cinematographer
- László Ede Almásy
Hungarian aristocrat,and explorer who inspired The English Patient
- László Szőgyény
Marich, Hungarian politician
- László Lajtha
Hungarian composer
- László Papp
Hungarian boxer
- Saint Laszlo Wentz (b.2014)
son of musician Pete Wentz
- László Nemes
Hungarian director
Laszlo in pop culture
- Laszlo
half,pig man in the Doctor Who episode "Daleks in Manhattan".
- Dr. Laszlo Kreisler
character in "The Alienist" by Caleb Carr
- Laszlo (The Butcher)
villain in the video game Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate
- Laszlo Carreidas
character in the Tintin album Flight 714
- Laszlo W. Kovic
a CIA agent in the Battlefield 4 video game
- Victor Laszlo
character in film "Casablanca"
- Lazlo Bane
American band that recorded the theme tune for 'Scrubs'
- Laszlo
the main character from the cartoon "Camp Laszlo"
- Laszló
character in Steven Brust's series "Dragaera" and "The Khaavren Romances"
- László III
character in "Brokedown Palace" by Steven Brust
- Laszlo Cravensworth
a central vampiric character in What We Do in the Shadows (TV series)
- Mr. Joe Laszlo
character in graphic novel "The Okay Witch"