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I think it's awful. It was a common name in my parents age group and I know quite a lot Lars's. Some with the nickname Larsa, and some with the nickname Lasse, but I don't think I know a single Lars who goes by that.

Lars Porsena of Clusium by the Nine Gods he swore ...

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I would count it as a GP, I think, but the pleasure is real.

Lars sounds like the name of a friendly, helpful, tall gentleman. I like it.

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I don't personally know anyone named Lars.

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Similar names:
Hans
Jens
Leif
Nils / Niels
Pier
Piers
Franz
Marcus
Thor
Sven
Anders

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Edited to add Anders.

This message was edited 8/27/2012, 8:08 PM

Eh, I think it's fine. It isn't a bad name, but it doesn't exactly knock me off my socks.

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No, I don't know any.

I don't like it. It sounds burly and stereotypical. My first thought is Mars, then Lars von Trier (who is really just Lars Trier) who seems to be more famous for sympathising with Hitler than making films these days.

Lars = Mars. I don't care for it. It's too harsh for my ears.

Lars is very common here in Sweden and a typical "dad name". I think it's boring (sorry).

To me, Lars sounds like someone with a deeply Southern accent attempting to say liars (sort of how they'd pronounce bears as bars). The only other association I have with the name is a sitcom in the 70s. I can't remember the name, but Lars was the dh of the lead female character who was quite ditzy. At any rate, it seems strongly Scandinavian to me and not super attractive sounding.

As I mentioned in your Sven post, I quite like Lars, despite it being rather silly for me to actually use it. I've never heard the name used as, or in, a joke. Sebastian Lars and Lars Maxwell are pairings I have down from some time back.

My mother sometimes calls my stepfather Larry Lars, to be funny. That's all I know of Lars. I don't think it sounds very attractive to the ear. It sounds like a stereotypical dumb blond Norwegian ski instructor that some ditzy American girl would fall in love with on her European vacation.