Subscribe >
Help
Member Login
Username Password (Forgot?)
Look up another surname
The lazar Surname

lazar Name Meaning and History

  1. Jewish, German, Hungarian (Lázár), Slovenian, and Polish: from a personal name of Aramaic origin, a reduced form of the Hebrew male personal name Elazar, composed of the elements El ‘God’ + azar ‘help’, and meaning ‘may God help him’ or ‘God has helped (i.e., by granting a son)’. This was well established in central Europe as a Jewish name, but was also popular among Christians because it is recorded in the New Testament. Lazaros is the New Testament Greek form of the name of the brother of Martha and Mary, who was restored to life by Christ (John 11: 1–44). As a non-Jewish name it was also used as a nickname for a beggar or an outcast leper; this use arises from the parable of Dives and Lazarus (Luke 16: 19–31). It may also be Greek, a shortened form of a patronymic based on this name, for example Lazarakis, Lazaridis, Lazaroglou, Lazaropoulos.
  2. Slovenian: topographic name for someone who lived in a area of cleared woodland, from laz ‘cleared woodland’ + the agent noun suffix -ar.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Learn the meaning and history of your first name
Share this page with friends and family

The lazar name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the lazar family name as far back in history as possible.

lazar Family Facts

Are you a Facebook user? Add lazar family facts to your Facebook profile.
Distribution of lazar Families in the US in 1920
Number of lazar families
 35-68
 12-34		 1-11
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

Click on a state to view lazar census records

Year

How is this helpful?

  • You can decide where (in which states) to start searching for lazar records.
  • You can see how lazar families moved over time by selecting different Census years.

What do I do next?

The information for this map came from Ancestry.com’s US Federal Census Collection.
  • Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, residence and occupation.
  • Click here to search lazar census records.

More resources for your lazar family history

Start your FREE family tree. We'll start searching.

Enter a few simple facts about your family. We'll use what you enter to try and find more.

Begin your family tree with your name:


Member Connections

More Tools and Resources