Lars

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • A male given name from Latin occasionally given to Anglophones.
  • Alternative of Lares, the classical Roman household deities

Origin

  • Borrowed through North Germanic, from Latin Laurentius.
  • Formed within English as a plural form of lar, q.v.

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