THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Lara
Lara is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Precious Lara Quigaman, Lara Maigue. This snapshot links the name to 2 distinct Wikidata person records. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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EnglishEtymology & source
Anglicized from Russian Ла́ра (Lára), a Russian pet form of Larissa, known from the novel (1957) and film (1965) Dr Zhivago.
A female given name from Russian or Ukrainian.
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λάρισσα (Lárissa).
A female given name from Ancient Greek (after the mythological character and a 4th century Greek Orthodox martyr).
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People with the name Lara
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Precious Lara Quigaman
Filipina beauty pageant titleholder
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Lara Maigue
Filipino singer and songwriter
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
2
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Precious Lara Quigaman, Lara Maigue
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Lara in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Lara
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Cara♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Clara♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Dara♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Kara♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Laura♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Mara♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Sara♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Tara♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Lara?
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Explore Lara further
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- Wikidata given-name item Q3217808 — Lara (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Precious Lara Quigaman (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q3217808 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Lara Maigue (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q3217808 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Lara (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Lara (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.