Lara (name)

Cultural origins

The Spanish surname Lara is derived from Lara de los Infantes, in the Burgos province of Spain, and in some cases retains the original form, de Lara (of Lara), there are also Lara surnames in France and Romania

People with the surname

Adelina de Lara (1872–1961), British pianist and composer

Agustín Lara (1900–1970), Mexican composer

Alda Lara, poet

Alexandra Maria Lara, Romanian actress

Alonso Manrique de Lara, Roman Catholic bishop

Antonio Lara de Gavilán, Spanish artist

Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara, politician

Blanca de La Cerda y Lara, Spanish noblewoman

Brian Lara (born 1969), Trinidadian cricketer

Brigido Lara, Mexican artist

Carlos Lara Bareiro, Paraguayan composer

Catherine Lara, French violinist, composer and singer

Cayo Lara (born 1952), Spanish politician

Christian Lara, Ecuadorian footballer

Christian Lara, Guadeloupean film director

Claude Autant-Lara, French film director

Daniel García Lara, football striker

David Laurent de Lara (c.1806–1876), illuminator

Eduardo Lara, Colombian football manager

Emilio Lara, Cuban weightlifter

Erislandy Lara, Cuban boxer

Eurico Lara (born 1897), Brazilian footballer

Francisco José Lara, Spanish professional road bicycle racer

Georgia Lara, Greek water polo player

Guillermo Lara, politician

Isidore de Lara, English composer

Jacinto Lara (1777–1859), Venezuelan independence leader

Jerónimo Manrique de Lara, General Inquisitor

Joe Lara, American actor and musician

José Manuel Lara, Spanish golfer

Juan Lara, baseball player

Juan Jesús Vivas Lara, Spanish politician

Joaquin Gallegos Lara, Ecuadorian writer and poet

Kiki Lara, Mexican soccer player

Louis, comte de Narbonne-Lara, French soldier and diplomat

Lucas Martínez Lara, Roman Catholic bishop

Lúcio Lara, former General Secretary of the MPLA

María Teresa Lara, a Mexican composer

Martha Lara (fl. late 20th century), Mexican diplomat & politician

Martín Acosta y Lara, Uraguayan basketball player

Modesto Lara (born 1973), Dominican Republic judoka

Nil Lara, American musician

Oruno Lara, Guadeloupean poet, author and historian

Osvaldo Lara (born 1955), Cuban track and field sprinter

Pablo Lara, Cuban weightlifter

Rafael Paulo de Lara Araújo, Brazilian basketball player

Raúl Lara, soccer player

Rocío Lara, Muppeteer

Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, Colombian politician

Rosalio José Castillo Lara, Roman Catholic cardinal

Tino de Lara, Filipino actor

Tito Lara, Puerto Rican singer

Willian Lara (1957–2010), Venezuelan politician

Víctor Neumann-Lara, Mexican mathematician

Marlon Guillermo Lara Orellana, politician

Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir, Icelandic footballer

Cultural origins

In Hindi, the given name is a short form for Laranya, which means graceful.

In Russian and Ukrainian , the given name is a short form for Larissa

In Turkish, the given name can stand alone or as a short form for Dilara or Alara (based on the water fairy of Turkish mythology).

People with the given name

Lara Bingle, Australian model

Lara Cardella, Italian writer

Lara Petusky Coger, American journalist

Lara Dutta, Indian actress and Miss Universe 2000

Lara Fabian, the French and English-language singer whose works include the Final Fantasy soundtrack theme "The Dream Within"

Lara Flynn Boyle, American actress

Lara Goodall, South African cricketer

Lara Gut, Swiss alpine skiers

Lara Hedberg Deam, magazine founder

Lara Honos-Webb, American psychologist and author

Lara Logan, a television journalist for CBS News in the United States

Lara Jill Miller, American voice actress

Lara Molins, Irish cricketer

Lara Pulver, English actress

Lara St. John, Canadian violinist

Lara Sanders, born LaToya Antoinette Pringle, American-Turkish professional basketball player

Lara Scandar, Egyptian/Italian singer who participated in the 6th season of Star Academy Arab World

Lara Veronin, also known as Lara Liang, is Taiwanese singer and actress and former member of the Taiwainese band, Nan Quan Mama

Fictional entities with the name

Lara (comics), the biological mother of the comic book character Superman

Larissa "Lara" Antipowa, heroine of Boris Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago 1957, played by Julie Christie in the 1965 film)

Lara Božić, titular character of the Croatian television series Larin izbor (Lara's Choice)

Lara Croft, main character from the Tomb Raider series

Lara-Su, Knuckle's future daughter from the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series. She appears in the "Mobius 25 Years Later" storyline and in its sequel arc: "30 Years Later". Lara-Su is also the main protagonist in the upcoming Lara-Su Chronicles graphic novel series.

Mythological entities with the name

Lara (mythology), in Greek mythology, Lara is a Naiad nymph and daughter of the river Almo in Ovid's poem Fasti

Lara, in ancient Egyptian mythology, means sun ray, coming from Ra, the god of sun