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Lazar

Male#848 most common in Croatia354 people in Croatia
Meaning:
God has helped
Origin:
Hebrew

About the name Lazar

From Hebrew Eleazar ('God has helped'); Lazarus was raised by Jesus in the Gospel.

Name day and nicknames

Name day:
December 17

Popularity with newborns

Lazar has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.

People with this name in Croatia

354 people in Croatia are called Lazar, according to the 2021 census. That is #848 among all the names in Imenko.

Where the name is found

Lazar is recorded in 11 of Croatia's 21 counties.

Bjelovarsko-bilogorskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaOsječko-baranjskaPrimorsko-goranskaSisačko-moslavačkaSplitsko-dalmatinskaVukovarsko-srijemskaZadarskaZagrebačkaŠibensko-kninska

Characteristics

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Sources

Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.