Lars

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from North Germanic, from Latin Laurentius. ==== Proper noun ==== Lars A male given name from Latin occasionally given to Anglophones. === Etymology 2 === Formed within English as a plural form of lar, q.v. ==== Proper noun ==== Lars (plural only) Alternative form of Lares, the classical Roman household deities ===== Related terms ===== lar === References === Veka, O., Coleman, N. L. (2010). A Handbook of Scandinavian Names. United States: University of Wisconsin Press === Anagrams === ASLR == Danish == === Etymology === From Latin Laurentius in the Middle Ages. Cognate with English Laurence. === Proper noun === Lars a male given name ==== Related terms ==== (male names) Lasse, Laurits, Laurids, Lauritz, Laurs, Laust (female names) Larsine (surnames) Larsen === References === [2] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 60 014 males with the given nameLars have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011. == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from a Scandinavian language. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lɑrs/ Hyphenation: Lars Rhymes: -ɑrs === Proper noun === Lars m a male given name == Faroese == === Proper noun === Lars m a male given name ==== Usage notes ==== Patronymics Lars's son: Larsson Lars's daughter: Larsdóttir ==== Declension ==== == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Lars in the latter half of the 20th century. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Lars a male given name == Icelandic == === Proper noun === Lars m a male given name ==== Declension ==== This name is not declined. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Latin Laurentius, first recorded in Norway in the 15th century. Cognate with English Laurence. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /laːrs/, /laːʂ/ === Proper noun === Lars m (definite Larsen) a male given name ==== Usage notes ==== In dialects which do have definite forms of given names, the definite form of Lars is Larsen. In some other dialects, while speaking about a concrete person named Lars, pronoun han is added: han Lars. Patronymics: son of Lars: Larsson daughter of Lars: Larsdotter ==== Related terms ==== (male given names) Lasse, Lavrans, Laurits (surnames) Larsen === References === Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN [3] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 30 381 males with the given name Lars living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 19th century and a minor peak in the 1970s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Latin Laurentius. First recorded in Sweden in 1524. Cognate with English Laurence. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Lars c (genitive Lars) a male given name ==== Usage notes ==== The most common first name of men born in Sweden in the 1940s and the 1950s ==== Related terms ==== (male given names) Lasse (surnames) Larsson === References === Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN [4] Statistiska centralbyrån: 235 086 males with the given name Lars living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010. Accessed on 19 June 2011.