Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries.

Origin

''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from

Laurentum Laurentum was an ancient Rome, ancient Roman city of Latium situated between Ostia Antica, Ostia and Lavinium, on the west coast of the Italian Peninsula southwest of Rome. Roman writers regarded it as the original capital of Italy, before Lavin ...

" or "crowned with laurel", and is therefore related to the name Laurence and Lauren. A

homonym In linguistics, homonyms are words which are either; '' homographs''—words that mean different things, but have the same spelling (regardless of pronunciation), or '' homophones''—words that mean different things, but have the same pronunciat ...

ous Etruscan name was borne by several Etruscan kings, and later used as a last name by the Roman Lartia family. The etymology of the Etruscan name is unknown.

Notable people

*, bishop of Linköping (1236–1258) *, bishop of Linköping (1292–1307) *

Lars (archbishop of Uppsala) Lars was the name of the Archbishop of Sweden 1255–1267. Lars is a Swedish form for the Latin name Laurentius, which in English is Lawrence. This was the name Lars used as an archbishop. His birthname is unknown. Lars was recruited from the r ...

(1255–1267) *

Lars Kristian Abrahamsen Lars Kristian Abrahamsen (18 October 1855 – 21 July 1921) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. A district stipendiary magistrate The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilia ...

(1855–1921), Norwegian politician * Lars Ahlfors (1907–1996), Finnish Fields Medal recipient * Lars Amble (1939–2015), Swedish actor and director *

Lars Herminius Aquilinus __NoToC__ Lars Herminius Aquilinus was consul in 448 BC with Titus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus (consul 448). Their year of office was relatively peaceful, as neither consul took sides in the conflict between the patricians and the plebei ...

, ancient Roman consul *

Lars Bak Lars Ytting Bak (born 16 January 1980) is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2019 for the Fakta, , , , and squads. Since retiring as a rider, Bak has acted as a directeur sportif for in ...

(born 1980), Danish road bicycle racer *

Lars Bak (computer programmer) Lars Bak (born 1965) is a Danish computer programmer. He is known as a JavaScript expert and for his work on virtual machines. He formerly worked for Google, having contributed to the Chrome web browser as the lead developer of the V8 JavaScri ...

(born 1965), Danish computer programmer *

Lars Beckman Lars Erik Peter Beckman (born 19 September 1967 in Överluleå Ting, Överluleå parish, Norrbotten County) is a Swedish politician from the Moderate Party. He has served as a Member of Parliament (Sweden), member of the Riksdag from 2010 to 2014 ...

(born 1967), Swedish politician *

Lars Bender Lars Bender (; born 27 April 1989) is a German former professional Association football, footballer who played as a right back or defensive midfielder. He is currently the assistant manager of the Germany national under-17 football team, German ...

(born 1989), German footballer *

Lars Christensen Lars Christensen (6 April 1884 – 10 December 1965) was a Norway, Norwegian shipowner and whaling magnate. He was also a philanthropist with a keen interest in the exploration of Antarctica. Career Lars Christensen was born at Sandar, Norway, S ...

(1884–1965), Norwegian shipowner, whaling magnate and philanthropist *

Lars Ditlev Lars Ditlev (December 6, 1951 – January 24, 2021) was a Danish-American football player. Life and career Ditlev was born in Randers, the son of Peter Ditlev. He graduated from Lincoln High School. Ditlev played for the South Dakota Mine ...

(1951–2021), Danish-American football player *

Lars Magnus Ericsson Lars Magnus Ericsson (; 5 May 1846 – 17 December 1926) was a Swedish inventor, entrepreneur and founder of telephone equipment manufacturer Ericsson ( incorporated as ''Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson''). Early life Lars Magnus was born i ...

(1846–1926), Swedish inventor *

Lars Eriksson (disambiguation) Lars Eriksson may refer to: * Lars Eriksson (footballer, born 1926), Swedish football midfielder * Lars Eriksson (footballer, born 1965), Swedish football goalkeeper * Lars Eriksson (ice hockey) (born 1961), Swedish ice hockey goaltender * Lars Eri ...

, several people *

Lars Frederiksen Lars Erik Frederiksen (born Lars Erik Dapello, August 30, 1971) is an American musician and record producer best known as a guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Rancid, as well as the frontman of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards and ...

(born 1971), American musician * Lars Frölander (born 1974), Swedish swimmer * Lars Eilebrecht (born 1972), German software engineer * Lars Eller (born 1989), Danish ice hockey player * Lars Engsund (born 1968), Swedish politician * Lars Grael (born 1964), Brazilian sailor * Lars Gullin (1928–1976), Swedish jazz saxophonist * Lars Haglund (born 1940), Swedish discus thrower * Lars Jorgensen (born 1970), American swimmer and college coach * Lars Peter Hansen (born 1952), American economist and Nobel laureate * Lars Hegaard (born 1950), Danish composer and guitarist * Lars Hjortsberg (1772–1843), Swedish actor * Lars Holte (born 1966), Norwegian trance producer and DJ * Lars Hörmander (1931–2012), Swedish mathematician and Fields Medal recipient * Lars Isacsson (born 1970), Swedish politician * Lars Iyer (born 1970), British novelist and philosopher * Lars Jansson (cartoonist) (1926–2000), Finnish author and cartoonist * Lars Jansson (composer) (born 1951), Swedish jazz pianist and composer * Lars Jonsson (disambiguation), several people * Lars Kleppich (born 1967), Australian sailor * Lars Klingbeil (born 1978), German politician *

Lars Knudsen Lars Ramkilde Knudsen (born 21 February 1962) is a Denmark, Danish researcher in cryptography, particularly interested in the design and cryptanalysis, analysis of block ciphers, cryptographic hash function, hash functions and message authentic ...

(born 1962), Danish researcher in cryptography * Lars Kragh Andersen (born 1980), Danish activist * Lars Krutak (born 1971), American tattoo anthropologist * Lars Lagerbäck (born 1948), Swedish football manager * Lars Johann Yngve Lannerbäck (born 1963), Swedish musician, better known as Yngwie Malmsteen * Lars Larsen (disambiguation), several people * Lars Larson (born 1959), American conservative talk radio show host * Lars Leiro (1914–2005), Norwegian politician * Lars Lindberg Christensen (born 1970), Danish astronomer * Lars Lönnroth (born 1935), Swedish literary scholar * Lars-Erik Lövdén (born 1950), Swedish politician *Lars Mikael Åkerfeldt (born 1974), Swedish composer and vocalist of

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and

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* Lars Mikkelsen (born 1964), Danish actor * Lars Mittank (born 1986), German man who disappeared in 2014 * Lars Monsen (born 1963), Norwegian adventurer and journalist * Lars Nootbaar (born 1997), American baseball player * Lars Olsen (disambiguation), several people *

Lars Onsager Lars Onsager (November 27, 1903 – October 5, 1976) was a Norwegian American physical chemist and theoretical physicist. He held the Gibbs Professorship of Theoretical Chemistry at Yale University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemist ...

(1903–1976), Norwegian chemist and Nobel laureate * Lars Pensjö, creator of the LPMud software * Lars Petrus (born 1960), Swedish Rubik's Cube champion * Lars Porsena, Etruscan king of Clusium * Lars Løkke Rasmussen (born 1964), Prime Minister of Denmark, 2009 to 2011 and 2015 to 2019 * Lars Kristian Relander (1883–1942), Finnish president * Lars Riedel (born 1967), German discus thrower * Lars Rainer Rüetschi (born 1977), Swiss musician * Lars Saabye Christensen (born 1953), Norwegian author * Lars Schütze (born 1974), German politician * Lars Sigmundstad (born 1943), Norwegian politician * Lars Skalm (born c. 1430), Finnish noble and mayor of Turku * Lars Spuybroek (born 1959), Dutch architect * Lars Stjernkvist (born 1955), Swedish politician and journalist * Lars Tolumnius (died 437 BC), Etruscan king of Veii * Lars Troell (1916–1998), Swedish surgeon *

Lars von Trier Lars von Trier (né Trier; born 30 April 1956) is a Danish film director and screenwriter. Beginning in the late-1960s as a child actor working on Danish television series ''Secret Summer'', von Trier's career has spanned more than five decad ...

(born 1956), Danish film director * Lars Ulrich (born 1963), Danish drummer for the heavy metal band

Metallica Metallica is an American heavy metal band. It was formed in Los Angeles in 1981 by vocalist and guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, and has been based in San Francisco for most of its career. The band's fast tempos, instrume ...

Lars Unnerstall Lars Unnerstall (born 20 July 1990) is a German professional association football, footballer who plays as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Eredivisie club FC Twente, Twente. Club career Schalke 04 Born in Ibbenbüren, North ...

(born 1990), German footballer * Lars Vilks (1946–2021), Swedish artist * Lars Wegendal (born 1949), Swedish politician

Fictional characters

* Lars, the Go Jetters' expert mechanic * Lars, in the

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television pilot '' Paid Programming'' * Lars, in the 1979 film '' Scavenger Hunt'', played by

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* Laramie "Lars" Barriga, a supporting character in the ''

Steven Universe ''Steven Universe'' is an American animated television series created by Rebecca Sugar for Cartoon Network. It tells the coming-of-age story of a young boy, Steven Universe (character), Steven Universe (Zach Callison), who lives with the Crys ...

'' cartoon series * Lars, in the '' Star Trek: The Original Series'' episode ''

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'' * Lars, the unseen husband of Phyllis Lindstrom in ''

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'' * Lars Alexandersson, in the Tekken series * Lars Fillmore, in the animated movie '' Futurama: Bender's Big Score'' * Lars Lindstrom, the lead character of the 2007 film '' Lars and the Real Girl'', portrayed by Ryan Gosling * Dr. Lars Pinfield, in the 2024 film Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, portrayed by James Acaster * Lars Rodriguez, in the '' Rocket Power'' TV series * Lars Umlaut, in the

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series * Lars, the main character (a baby polar bear) in the children's book series '' The Little Polar Bear'' by Hans de Beer * Lars, in the 2011 film '' The Thing'', a prequel to the 1982 film of the same name * Lars, in the 2003 film " 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure", a German artist * Lars, a family name in the "

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" film series, a matrimonial branch of the Skywalker family

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