Lazar (name)
| Lazar |
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| Gender |
Male |
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| Origin |
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| Word/name |
Hebrew |
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| Meaning |
God has helped |
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| Region of origin |
Eastern Europe |
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| Other names |
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| Derived |
Eleazar |
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| Related names |
Lazarus |
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Lazar (Russian Ла́зарь, Serbian, Bulgarian and Macedonian Лазар) is a male given name or a surname. This abbreviated form of Lazarus is especially common in various Slavic languages. The name is derived from the Hebrew name אֶלְעָזָר (Elʿazar, or Eleazar), meaning "God has helped".[1]
People with this given name
- Lazar (1329–1389), the Prince of Serbia 1371–1389
- Lazar of Hilandar (fl. 1404), a Serbian Orthodox monk and clockbuilder
- Lazar II, Despot of Serbia (1421–1458), Lazar's grandson and Despot of Serbia 1456–1458
- Lazar William IX, Marquess of Montferrat, Lazar II's nephew, so-called Secondo Lazzaro, also called William Lazar Palaiologos Kantakouzenos
- Lazar Baranovych (1620–1693), Russian Orthodox archbishop
- Lazar Berman (1930–2005), Soviet classical pianist
- Lazăr Comănescu (born 1949), Romanian politician
- Lazăr Edeleanu (1861–1941), Romanian chemist
- Lazar Grünhut (1850–1913), Hungarian rabbi
- Lazar Hayward (born 1986), American basketball player
- Lazar Kaganovich (1893–1991), Soviet politician and Stalinist
- Lazar Koliševski (1914–2000), Yugoslav politician
- Lazar Brčić Kostić (born 1950), Serbian protest singer-songwriter ((Serbian) link)
- Lazar Lagin (1903–1979), Soviet satirist and children's writer
- Lazar Lyusternik (1899–1981), Soviet mathematician
- Lazar Marković (born 1994), Serbian footballer
- Lázár Mészáros (1796–1858), Hungarian Minister of War
- Lazar Mojsov (born 1920), Yugoslav politician
- Lazar Popović (born 1983), Serbian footballer
- Lazar Radović (born 1937), Yugoslav footballer
- Lazar Ristovski (born 1952), Serbian actor
- Lázár Szentes (born 1955), Hungarian coach and former footballer
- Lazăr Șăineanu (1859-1934), Romanian philologist
- Lazar Tasić (born 1931), Yugoslav footballer
- Lazar Yazgur (1928–2000), Soviet painter
People with this surname
- Berel Lazar, Chief Rabbi of Russia
- Bob Lazar, who claims to have worked at Area 51
- Chris Lazar, a Canadian actor
- Curtis Lazar, a Canadian hockey player
- Gheorghe Lazăr, Romanian scholar
- Gracie Lazar, an American actress
- György Lázár, Prime Minister of Hungary from 1975 to 1987
- Ilie Lazăr, Romanian politicitan
- Ingmar Lazar, French classical pianist
- Irving Paul Lazar, a Hollywood agent
- János Lázár, Hungarian politician
- John Lazar, mayor of Adelaide, South Australia
- Marc Lazar, a professor at the Paris Institute of Political Studies
Fictional characters
- Lazar Wolf, wealthy butcher in Fiddler on the Roof
- Lazar, gunsmith, minor character in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun
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