Lars
| Pronunciation | Swedish: [ˈlɑːʂ] Danish: [ˈlɑːs] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Latin (homonymous Etruscan name exists) |
| Meaning | "crowned with laurel", man from Laurentum |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Laurentius, Lawrence, Lauritz, Laurits, Lorenz |
Lars is a common male name in Germanic-speaking countries, excluding the Anglosphere.
Origin
Lars is derived from the Roman name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel".[citation needed]
A homonymous Etruscan name was borne by several Etruscan kings. The etymology of the Etruscan name is unknown.
People
- Lars (bishop), Archbishop of Uppsala
- Lars Ahlfors (1907-1996), Finnish Fields Medal recipient
- Lars Amble (1939-2015), Swedish actor and directorˈ
- Lars Bak, Danish computer programmer
- Lars Bender (born 1989), German footballer, playing at Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga
- Lars Christensen (1884-1964/5) American demand generation marketing leader
- Lars Frederiksen (born 1971), American musician
- Lars Frölander (born 1974), Swedish swimmer
- Lars Eilebrecht (born 1972), German Software Engineer
- Lars Eller (born 1989), Danish ice hockey player
- Lars Grael (born 1964), Brazilian sailor
- Lars Gullin (1928-1976), Swedish jazz saxophonist
- Lars Haglund (born 1940), Swedish discus thrower
- Lars Peter Hansen (born 1952), American economist and Nobel laureate
- Lars Hjortsberg (1772-1843), Swedish actor
- Lars Holte (born 1966), Norwegian trance producer and DJ
- Lars Hörmander (1931-2012), Swedish mathematician and Fields Medal recipient
- Lars Iyer (born 1970), British novelist and philosopher
- Lars Jonsson (born 1982), Swedish ice hockey player
- Lars Jonsson (born 1970), Swedish tennis player
- Lars Kleppich (born 1967), Australian sailor
- Lars Knudsen (born 1962), Danish researcher in cryptography
- Lars Krutak (born 1971), American tattoo anthropologist
- Lars Lagerbäck (born 1948), Swedish football manager
- Lars Johann Yngve Lannerbäck (born 1963), Swedish musician, better known as Yngwie Malmsteen
- Lars Larson (born 1959), American conservative talk radio show host
- Lars Leiro (1914-2005), Norwegian politician
- Lars Lindberg Christensen (born 1970), Danish astronomer
- Lars Løkke Rasmussen (born 1964), Former Prime Minister of Denmark
- Lars Magnus Ericsson (1846-1926), Swedish inventor
- Lars Mikael Åkerfeldt (born 1974), Swedish composer and vocalist of Opeth and Bloodbath
- Lars Mikkelsen (born 1964), Danish actor
- Lars Onsager (1903-1976), Norwegian chemist and Nobel laureate
- Lars Pensjö, creator of the LPMud software, often referred to in the MUD community solely by his first name
- Lars Petrus (born 1960), Rubik's Cube champion
- Lars Porsena, Etruscan king of Clusium
- Lars Riedel (born 1967), German discus thrower
- Lars Saabye Christensen (born 1953), Norwegian author.
- Lars Skalm (born c. 1430), Finnish noble and mayor of Turku.
- Lars Tolumnius (died 437 BC), Etruscan king of Veii
- Lars von Trier (born 1956), Danish film director
- Lars Ulrich (born 1963), Danish drummer for the heavy metal band Metallica
- Lars Unnerstall (born 1990), German footballer
- Lars Vilks (born 1946), Swedish artist
Fictional characters
- Lars, a character in the Adult Swim television pilot Paid Programming
- Lars, a character in the 1979 film Scavenger Hunt, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Laramie "Lars" Barriga, a supporting character in the Steven Universe cartoon series
- Lars, a character in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode The Gamesters of Triskelion
- Lars, the unseen husband of Phyllis Lindstrom in The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Lars Alexandersson, a character in the Tekken series
- Lars Fillmore, a character in the animated movie Futurama: Bender's Big Score
- Lars Lindstrom, the lead character of the 2007 film Lars and the Real Girl, as portrayed by Ryan Gosling
- Lars Rodriguez, a character in the Rocket Power TV series
- Lars Umlaut, a character in the Guitar Hero series
- Lars, the main character (a baby polar bear) in the children's book series The Little Polar Bear by Hans de Beer
- Lars, a character in the 2011 film The Thing, a prequel to the 1982 film of the same name.
- Lars, a character in the 2003 film "101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure", a German artist
- Lars, a family name in the "Star Wars" film series, a matrimonial branch of the Skywalker family.
See also
References
This page or section lists people that share the same given name.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.