Lara (name)

Lara can be a given name or a surname in several languages.

Surname

Cultural origins

The Spanish surname Lara is derived from Lara de los Infantes, in the Burgos province of Spain, and in some cases retains the original form, de Lara ('of Lara');[1] there are also Lara surnames in France and Romania.

People with the surname

Given name
Main article: Larissa (name)
Lara
Origin
Word/nameGreek, Russian
Other names
Related namesLarisa, Larissa

Fictional characters with the name

Mythological characters with the name
  • Lara (mythology), in Greek mythology, Lara is a Naiad nymph and daughter of the river Almo in Ovid's poem Fasti
  • Lara, in ancient Egyptian mythology, means sun ray, coming from Ra, the god of sun
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References
  1. "Lara Family History". Ancestry.com.

See also
  • Lara (disambiguation)
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