# Lars
## English
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from North Germanic, from Latin Laurentius.

#### Proper noun

Lars
* A male given name from Latin occasionally given to Anglophones.
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### Etymology 2

Formed within English as a plural form of lar, q.v.

#### Proper noun

Lars (plural only)
* Alternative form of Lares, the classical Roman household deities

##### Related terms

* lar

### References

* Veka, O., Coleman, N. L. (2010). A Handbook of Scandinavian Names. United States: University of Wisconsin Press

### Anagrams

* ASLR

## Danish
### Etymology

From Latin Laurentius in the Middle Ages. Cognate with English Laurence.

### Proper noun

Lars
* a male given name

#### Related terms

* (male names) Lasse, Laurits, Laurids, Lauritz, Laurs, Laust
* (female names) Larsine
* (surnames) Larsen

### References

* Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 60 014 males with the given nameLars have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from a Scandinavian language.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɑrs/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Lars
* Rhymes: -ɑrs

### Proper noun

Lars m
* a male given name

## Faroese
### Proper noun

Lars m
* a male given name

#### Usage notes

Patronymics
* son of Lars: Larsson
* daughter of Lars: Larsdóttir

#### Declension
## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Lars in the latter half of the 20th century.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Lars
* a male given name

## Icelandic
### Proper noun

Lars m
* a male given name

#### Declension

This name is not declined.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin Laurentius, first recorded in Norway in the 15th century. Cognate with English Laurence.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laːrs/, /laːʂ/

### Proper noun

Lars m (definite Larsen)
* a male given name

#### Usage notes

In dialects which do have definite forms of given names, the definite form of Lars is Larsen. In some other dialects, while speaking about a concrete person named Lars, pronoun han is added: han Lars.
Patronymics:
* son of Lars: Larsson
* daughter of Lars: Larsdotter

#### Related terms

* (male given names) Lasse, Lavrans, Laurits
* (surnames) Larsen

### References

* Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
* Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 30 381 males with the given name Lars living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 19th century and a minor peak in the 1970s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Latin Laurentius. First recorded in Sweden in 1524. Cognate with English Laurence.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Lars c (genitive Lars)
* a male given name

#### Usage notes

* The most common first name of men born in Sweden in the 1940s and the 1950s

#### Related terms

* (male given names) Lasse
* (surnames) Larsson

### References

* Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
* Statistiska centralbyrån: 235 086 males with the given name Lars living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010. Accessed on 19 June 2011.