Lara is a girl's name of Italian origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 379 girls in the United States.
Lara belongs to the Italian tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess. It travels in a few spellings: Larissa.
In the United States, Lara first appears in Social Security records in 1887. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #223 in 1969, and in 2024 379 babies received the name — 29,755 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Lara is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Italian origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Lara is a girl name. In 2024, 379 babies received the name in the US.
Lara comes from the Italian tradition. It is also spelled Larissa.
Lara first appears in US records in 1887. Its best-ever ranking was #223 in 1969, and 379 babies were given the name in 2024.
Lara is pronounced /ˈlɑː.ɹə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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