Lars is a common male name in Germanic-speaking countries, excluding Great Britain.
Lars is derived from the Roman name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel". Lawrence and Laurence are of the same origin.
A homonymous Etruscan name was borne by several Etruscan kings. The etymology of the Etruscan name is unknown.
Lars (bishop), Archbishop of UppsalaLars Ahlfors, Finnish Fields Medal recipientLars Amble, Swedish actor and directorLars Bak, Danish computer programmerLars Bender, German footballer, playing at Bayer Leverkusen in the BundesligaLars Frederiksen, American musicianLars Frölander, Swedish swimmerLars Eller, Danish ice hockey playerLars Gullin, Swedish jazz saxophonistLars Haglund, Swedish discus throwerLars Hjortsberg, Swedish actorLars Holte, Norwegian trance producer and DJLars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician and Fields Medal recipientLars Johann Yngve Lannerbäck, Swedish musician, better known as Yngwie MalmsteenLars Jonsson, Swedish ice hockey playerLars Jonsson, Swedish tennis playerLars Kleppich, Australian sailorLars Knudsen, Danish researcher in cryptographyLars Lagerbäck, Swedish football managerLars Larson, American conservative talk radio show hostLars Leiro, Norwegian politicianLars Lindberg Christensen, Danish astronomerLars Løkke Rasmussen, Former Prime Minister of DenmarkLars Magnus Ericsson, Swedish inventorLars Mikael Åkerfeldt, Swedish composer and vocalist of Opeth and BloodbathLars Mikkelsen, Danish actorLars Onsager, Norwegian chemist and Nobel laureateLars Pensjö, creator of the LPMud software, often referred to in the MUD community solely by his first nameLars Petrus, Rubik's Cube championLars Porsena, Etruscan king of ClusiumLars Riedel, German discus throwerLars Tolumnius, Etruscan king of VeiiLars von Trier, Danish film directorLars Ulrich, Danish drummer for the heavy metal band MetallicaLars Unnerstall, German footballerLars Vilks, Swedish artistLars, a character in the Adult Swim television pilot Paid ProgrammingLars, a character in the 1979 film Scavenger Hunt, played by Arnold SchwarzeneggerLars, a character in the Steven Universe cartoon seriesLars, a character in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode The Gamesters of TriskelionLars, the unseen husband of Phyllis Lindstrom in the The Mary Tyler Moore ShowLars Alexandersson, a character in the Tekken seriesLars Fillmore, a character in the animated movie Futurama: Bender's Big ScoreLars Lindstrom, the lead character of the 2007 film Lars and the Real Girl, as portrayed by Ryan GoslingLars Rodriguez, a character in the Rocket Power TV seriesLars Umlaut, a character in the Guitar Hero seriesLars, the main character (a baby polar bear) in the children's book series The Little Polar Bear by Hans de BeerLars, a character in the 2011 film The Thing, a prequel to the 1982 film of the same name.