Lary
given name · Latin script
Meaning: from a reduced form of Hilary, the southern form of the personal name Hilaire (see Hillary) or possibly a habitational name from places called Saint-Lary
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈɫɛɹi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Lary is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 64K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 211K
- GAGabon≈1 in 24K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 261 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 24K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,700 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Gabon, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from a reduced form of Hilary, the southern form of the personal name Hilaire (see Hillary) or possibly a habitational name from places called Saint-Lary.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Lary counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 64K | — | Lary | 21 |
| US United States | 1,574 | 1 in 211K | 1.7K | Lary | 261 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈680 est. | ≈1 in 396K | — | Lary | 16 |
| RO Romania | ≈660 est. | ≈1 in 32K | — | Lary | 12 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈640 est. | ≈1 in 333K | — | Lary | 12 |
| IT Italy | ≈640 est. | ≈1 in 98K | — | Lary | 9 |
| CA Canada | ≈340 est. | ≈1 in 111K | — | Lary | 43 |
| GA Gabon | ≈93 est. | ≈1 in 24K | 3 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Lary is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, from a pet form of the personal name Hilary (see Parish).
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In French, reduced form of the personal name Alarie.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Lary J. Swobodab. 1939USMember of the Wisconsin State Assembly; schoolteacher (1939-2012)
- Lary Schulhofb. 1942USAmerican swimmer, Olympic athlete, former world record-holder
- Lary Kuharichb. 1945USAmerican football coach
- Lary C. Walkerb. 1950USAmerican neuroscientist
- Lary Sorensenb. 1955USAmerican baseball player
- Lary C. WalkerUSprofessor of neurology
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 34 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.5K | #9,003 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 63 | #9,003 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1946 | 63 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1958 | 60 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2009 | 5 | — |
| GA Gabon | Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative) | 2025 | 3 | #93 |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Lary mean, and where does it come from?
- from a reduced form of Hilary, the southern form of the personal name Hilaire (see Hillary) or possibly a habitational name from places called Saint-Lary. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- In which country does Lary have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.7 thousand people named Lary in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lary.
- How do you pronounce Lary?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɫɛɹi/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Lary a male or female name?
- Lary is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- How common is the name Lary?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,574 people named Lary in 2020, about 1 in 211 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/laryThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lary”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.