Lars is a boy's name of German 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 64 boys in the United States.
Lars belongs to the German and Scandinavian 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.
In the United States, Lars first appears in Social Security records in 1883. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #737 in 1961, and in 2024 64 babies received the name — 6,949 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Lars is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its German origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Lars is a boy name. In 2024, 64 babies received the name in the US.
Lars comes from the German and Scandinavian tradition.
Lars first appears in US records in 1883. Its best-ever ranking was #737 in 1961, and 64 babies were given the name in 2024.
Lars is pronounced /edition.cnn.com/ (IPA).
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