Forename Lazarus

All over the world, Lazarus (Lazar , Lazarus , Lázaro , among others...) is a common predominantly male, but very seldom female first name. The first name Lazarus is characteristic of Montenegro, where it is a common male name, Serbia, and Israel, where it is quite a common masculine name (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it is commonest in Nigeria, Serbia, and South Africa. Likewise, Lazarus is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Lazarus is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Lazarus

name Lázar, name Lasarus, name Лазарус, name Lazzaro, name Лазар, name Làzar, name ลาซารัส, name Lazăr, name Lázár, name Lazar, name Lasar, name Λάζαρος, name Lázarus, name Ladre, name ラザール, name Лазарос, name לאזארוס, name Lazaros, name Лазарь, name לצרוס, name Lázaro, name Lazre, name Lazare, name Lazarus

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Lazar	Hungary, Serbia, Romania, United States, Nigeria
Lazarus	South Africa, Kenya, India, United States, Nigeria
Lázaro	Cuba, United Kingdom, India, Germany, United States
Лазарус	Ukraine, Bulgaria
לצרוס	Israel

First names said to be same

Ladre, Lasar, Lasarus, Lazare, Lazaros, Lazre, Lazzaro, Lazăr, Làzar, Lázar, Lázarus, Lázár, Λάζαρος, Лазар, Лазарос, Лазарь, לאזארוס, ลาซารัส, and ラザール

First name Lazarus in the context

Lazarus is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Lazarus of Bethany , the subject of a prominent miracle of Jesus in the Gospel of John; Sister Mary Lazarus , the character from Sister Act; Lazarus Long , the fictional character in novels by Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love; Lazarus , the operatic character in the opera Jesu Hochzeit and Lazarus , the operatic character in the opera Wake, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	lazarus zografos 9th-century Byzantine Christian saint (810-867) (c.810-867), TR (b. 810)
	lazarus spengler German hymnwriter, DE (b. 1479)
	lazarus von schwendi Austrian general (1522–1583), DE (b. 1522)
	lazarus von holzschuher (b. 1487)
	lazarus nürnberger German merchant, DE (b. 1499)
	lazarus secretarius maker of the earliest surviving printed map of Hungary (b. 1500)
	lazarus tucher DE (b. 1491)
	lazarus tucher BE (b. 1564)
	lazarus ercker German author, DE (b. 1528)
	lazarus arnoldi 1531-1605; geboren in Halberstadt, Sohn des Schuldieners und Organisten Author Arnoldi, Student an der Univ. Wittenberg, Pfarrer und Superintendent in Schöningen, verheiratet mit Dorothea Arnoldi (b. 1531)
	lazarus schöner 1543-1607; Lehrer der Mathematik am Gymnasium von Corbach (b. 1543)
	lazarus harsdörfer DE (b. 1537)
	lazarus röting German painter (1549-1614), DE (b. 1549)
	lazarus mayenschein (b. 1560)
	lazarus graf henckel von donnersmarck (1573-1664) (b. 1573)