Lara 1

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Gender Feminine
Usage Russian, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian
Scripts Лара(Russian)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈlɑɹ.ə/(English) /ˈlaː.ʁa/(German) /la.ʁa/(French) /ˈlaː.ra/(Italian) /ˈla.ɾa/(Spanish) /ˈla.ɾɐ/(Portuguese) /ˈlaː.raː/(Dutch) /ˈlɒ.rɒ/(Hungarian)

Meaning & History

Russian short form of Larisa. It was introduced to the English-speaking world by a character from Boris Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago (1957) and the subsequent movie adaptation (1965). Between 1965 and 1969 it increased by almost 2,000 percent in the United States, however it is currently much more popular in the United Kingdom, Australia, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Germany. Another famous fictional bearer is Lara Croft, first appearing in video games in 1996 and movies in 2001.