About what year was the character born?
Lazare would be an unusual name for a man born in
France during the 20th century. But depending on when the character was born, there would be lots of other choices than
Lazare that would sound more "interesting" to Americans than
Jean,
Pierre, and
Jacques but which would actually be names common in
France. For example, the top ten names for boys born in
France between 1980 and 1984 were
Nicolas,
Julien,
Sebastien, Mickael,
Mathieu,
Guillaume,
Cedric,
David,
Jerome, and
Vincent. :)