Lara (name)
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Lara can be a given name
or a surname
in several languages. In Ukrainian
, and Russian
other languages, the given name is a short form for Larissa. In Hindi
, the given name is a short form for Laranya, which means graceful. 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). In English, the definition of Lara is "Famous".
Notable people bearing this name include:
Surname
First name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
or a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
in several languages. In Ukrainian
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
, and Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
other languages, the given name is a short form for Larissa. In Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
, the given name is a short form for Laranya, which means graceful. The Spanish surname Lara is derived from Lara de los Infantes
Lara de los Infantes
Lara de los Infantes is a location with 26 inhabitants in the province of Burgos in the autonomous region of Castille y León in Spain.It is the headquarters of the municipio of Jurisdicción de Lara, which includes a few more inhabitants as it includes other localities like Paúles de Lara , and La...
in the Burgos
Burgos
Burgos is a city of northern Spain, historic capital of Castile. It is situated at the edge of the central plateau, with about 178,966 inhabitants in the city proper and another 20,000 in its suburbs. It is the capital of the province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León...
province of Spain, and in some cases retains the original form, de Lara (of Lara). In English, the definition of Lara is "Famous".
Notable people bearing this name include:
Surname
- Adelina de LaraAdelina de LaraAdelina de Lara OBE was a British classical pianist and composer.-Early life:She was born Lottie Adelina Preston in Carlisle, Cumberland on 23 January 1872 to parents George Matthew Tilbury of Southampton and Anna de Lara. Her grandfather was the Spanish Count Laurent de Lara...
, British pianist and composer - Agustín LaraAgustín LaraAgustín Lara was a Mexican singer and songwriter.-Biography:Lara was born in Tlacotalpan, Veracruz. Later, the Lara family had to move again to Mexico City, establishing their house in the borough of Coyoacán. After Lara's mother died, Agustín and his siblings lived in a hospice run by their...
(1900-1970), Mexican composer - Alda LaraAlda LaraAlda Ferreira Pires Barreto de Lara Albuquerque, known as Alda Lara . Created a large poetic output in the Portuguese language. Attended Coimbra and Lisbon Universities...
, poet - Alexandra Maria LaraAlexandra Maria LaraAlexandra Maria Lara is a Romanian-born German actress. She performs predominantly in leading roles in a variety of historical and crime films...
, Romanian actress - Alonso Manrique de LaraAlonso Manrique de LaraAlfonso or Alonso Manrique de Lara y Solís, , Bishop of Badajoz, was a Spanish churchman. He was Bishop of Cordoba, , and Archbishop of Seville...
, Roman Catholic bishop - Antonio Lara de GavilánAntonio Lara de GavilánAntonio Lara de Gavilán was a Spanish graphic artist, editorial cartoonist and author of comic theatre. His work was strongly influenced by Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Ultraism and Surrealism....
, Spanish artist - Bernardo Gutiérrez de LaraBernardo Gutiérrez de LaraBernardo Gutiérrez de Lara was the first constitutional governor of the state of Tamaulipas, and a native of Revilla, today Ciudad Guerrero, Mexico.-Biography:...
, politician - Blanca de La Cerda y LaraBlanca de La Cerda y LaraBlanca Fernanda de la Cerda y Lara was a Spanish noblewoman.She was the daughter of Fernando de la Cerda and Juana Núñez de Lara, called "la Palomilla"....
, Spanish noblewoman - Brian LaraBrian LaraBrian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM is a former West Indian international cricket player. Lara is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time...
(born 1969), Trinidadian cricketer - Brigido LaraBrigido LaraBrigido Lara is a Mexican artist and ex-forger of pre-Columbian antiques. He says he created maybe 40,000 pieces of forged pre-Columbian pottery.Brigido Lara begun to create forgeries in the 1950s and 1960s...
, Mexican artist - Carlos Lara BareiroCarlos Lara BareiroCarlos Lara Bareiro was a Paraguayan classical musician, composer, and conductor. He was born on the March 6, 1914 to Juan Carlos Lara Castro and Lorenza Bareiro in Capiatá, Paraguay...
, Paraguayan composer - Catherine LaraCatherine LaraCatherine Lara is a French violinist, composer and singer.-Music career:As a child, Lara studied violin and received the first prize of chamber music at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1966....
, French violinist, composer and singer - Christian LaraChristian LaraChristian Rolando Lara Anangonó, nicknamed Diablito , is an Ecuadorian footballer who is currently plays for El Nacional.-Club career:He spent most of his career with Club Deportivo El Nacional football team in Ecuador...
, Ecuadorian footballer - Christian LaraChristian Lara (baseball)Christian Y. Lara is an infielder in Minor League Baseball who is a free agent. He is a switch hitter and throws right-handed.Lara was signed as an international free agent by the Boston Red Sox in July of ....
, baseball player - Claude Autant-LaraClaude Autant-LaraClaude Autant-Lara , was a French film director and later Member of the European Parliament .-Biography:...
, French film director - Daniel García Lara, football striker
- Denisse LaraDenisse LaraDenisse Aurora Castro , better known by her stage name Denisse Lara, is an American singer-songwriter, who won first place and Star of the Year on Quiero ser estrella .Denisse was discovered by famed music executive David FosterCastro, the daughter of Alberto Castro and Lupita Lara was born in...
, American singer - Eduardo LaraEduardo LaraEduardo Lara Lozano is a Colombian football manager, currently in charge of the Colombia national under-20 football team....
, Columbian football manager - Emilio LaraEmilio LaraEmilio Lara Rodríguez is a retired male weightlifter from Cuba. He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics, finishing in sixth place in the Men's Middle-Heavyweight division. He won a gold medal at the 1991 Pan American Games.-References:*...
, Cuban weightlifter - Erislandi LaraErislandi LaraErislandy Lara Santoya is a Cuban boxer. The southpaw was the 2005 amateur world champion at welterweight.-Amateur career:In 2003 and 2004 Lara lost four times against double world champ Lorenzo Aragon....
, Cuban boxer - Eurico LaraEurico LaraEurico Lara , was a Brazilian footballer.-Biography:He was born in Uruguaiana. Eurico Lara played in Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense from 1920 to 1935. He played his last match on 23 September 1935, when his club beat Internacional 2–0. Due to cardiac problems, he was substituted in the half-time,...
(born 1897), Brazilian footballer - Francisco José LaraFrancisco José LaraFrancisco José Lara Ruiz is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer, currently without a team.- Palmarès :199920002004- External links :...
, Spanish professional road bicycle racer - Georgia LaraGeorgia LaraGeorgia Lara is a female Greek water polo player and Olympic silver medalist with the Greek national team.She received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in 2004 Athens....
, Greek water polo player - Guillermo Lara, politician
- Isidore de LaraIsidore de LaraIsidore de Lara, born Isidore Cohen , was an English composer and singer. After studying in Italy and France, he returned to England where he taught for several years at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and became a well known singer and composer of art songs...
, English composer - Jacinto LaraJacinto LaraJacinto Lara , was a Venezuelan independence leader and hero of the Venezuelan War of Independence. His contribution included participating in Simón Bolívar's 1813 Admirable Campaign. He was briefly Prefect of the Intendency of the Magdalena River and the Isthmus in 1821...
(1777 - 1859), Venezuelan independence leader - Jerónimo Manrique de LaraJerónimo Manrique de LaraJerónimo Manrique de Lara was a church leader in Spain, a General Inquisitor.Grand son of famous Rodrigo Manrique, , first count of Paredes de Nava, one of the pretenders to be recognized as "Maestre" of the military Order of Santiago, a nephew – grand son also of Bishop and Archbishop Iñigo...
, General Inquisitor - Joe LaraJoe LaraWilliam Joseph Lara is an American actor and musician, best known in the role of Tarzan in the American TV series Tarzan: The Epic Adventures.-Career:...
, American actor and musician - José Manuel LaraJosé Manuel LaraJosé Manuel Lara is a Spanish professional golfer.Lara was born in Valencia, Spain. He turned professional in 1997, and has competed on the European Tour since 2001, having finished 11th in the previous seasons Challenge Tour rankings...
, Spanish golfer - Juan LaraJuan LaraJuan Manuel Lara is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher in the Cleveland Indians organization...
, baseball player - Juan Jesús Vivas LaraJuan Jesús Vivas LaraJuan Jesús Vivas Lara is the Mayor-President of the autonomous city of Ceuta in Spain.-References:...
, Spanish politician - Kiki LaraKiki LaraRicardo "Kiki" Lara is a retired American soccer player who last played for the USL First Division side Portland Timbers. Lara played college soccer in San Antonio, Texas at the University of the Incarnate Word. He captained the team from 2001 to 2003 and was also named an All-American in each of...
, Mexican soccer player - Louis, comte de Narbonne-LaraLouis, comte de Narbonne-LaraLouis Marie Jacques Amalric, comte de Narbonne-Lara was a French nobleman, soldier and diplomat.-Birth and early life:He was born at Colorno, in the Duchy of Parma, as the son of Françoise de Châlus Louis Marie Jacques Amalric, comte de Narbonne-Lara (17, 23 or 24 August 1755 – 17 November...
, French soldier and diplomat - Lúcio LaraLúcio LaraLúcio Lara served as the General Secretary of the MPLA during the Angolan Civil War. Lara, a founding member of the MPLA, led the first MPLA members into Luanda on November 8, 1974...
, former General Secretary of the MPLA - Margrét Lára ViðarsdóttirMargrét Lára ViðarsdóttirMargrét Lára Viðarsdóttir is an Icelandic football player who plays as a striker. She was born in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. Margrét Lára is currently part of Iceland's national team and competed in UEFA Women's Euro 2009, having finished the qualifiers as the overall top scorer...
, Icelandic footballer - Martha LaraMartha LaraAmbassador Martha I. Lara is a prominent Mexican career diplomat and politician.Elected Federal Senator for the State of Chihuahua, she served her full six-year term from 1994 to 2000, becoming President of the Senate for the first period of ordinary sessions in 1995, and was Vice President of the...
(fl. late 20th century), Mexican diplomat & politician - Martín Acosta y LaraMartín Acosta y LaraMartín Acosta y Lara Díaz was a Uruguayan basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics....
, Uraguayan basketball player - Marlon Guillermo Lara OrellanaMarlon Guillermo Lara OrellanaMarlon Guillermo Lara Orellana is a Liberal Party politician from Honduras. He was Mayor of the City of Puerto Cortes and former Minister of the Government under the presidency of Manuel Zelaya...
, politician - Modesto LaraModesto LaraModesto Lara Arias is a male judoka from the Dominican Republic, who won the silver medal in the men's extra lightweight division at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:*...
(born 1973), Dominican Republic judoka - Nil LaraNil laraNil Lara is a Cuban-American musician from Miami, Florida who is a singer, guitarist and songwriter, playing the tres, the six-stringed Cuban guitar, and the cuatro, a Venezuelan guitar.- Biography :...
, American musician - Osvaldo LaraOsvaldo LaraOsvaldo Lara Cañizares is a retired male track and field sprinter from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. He reached both 100/200 finals where he finished 5th in the 100...
(born 1955), Cuban track and field sprinter - Pablo LaraPablo LaraPablo Lara Rodríguez is a Cuban weightlifter.He won a gold medal in the middleweight class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.- References :...
, Cuban weightlifter - Rafael Paulo de Lara Araújo, Brazilian basketball player
- Raúl LaraRaúl LaraRaúl Rodrigo Lara Tovar is a retired Mexican football midfielder.-Career:Lara was a member of the Mexican national team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, playing three games at the tournament.It is speculated that Televisa forced him on the squad, and two of his errors cost Mexico in the game versus...
, soccer player - Rocío LaraRocío LaraRocío Lara is a Muppeteer for Plaza Sésamo, playing the character Lola. She also writes for the show. And beginning in season eight, she became the new head muppeteer.-External links:* , 25 August 2004...
, Muppeteer - Rodrigo Lara BonillaRodrigo Lara BonillaRodrigo Lara Bonilla was a Colombian lawyer and politician, who served as Minister of Justice under President Belisario Betancur, and was assassinated by orders of Pablo Escobar because of his work as Minister in prosecuting cocaine traffickers mainly belonging to the Medellín Cartel.Lara's death...
, Cuban politician - Rosalio José Castillo LaraRosalio José Castillo LaraRosalio José Castillo Lara JCD was a Venezuelan Roman Catholic cardinal.-Early life and ordination:Castillo Lara was born in San Casimiro, diocese of Maracay, in Venezuela's Aragua State, on 4 September 1922...
, Roman Catholic cardinal - Tito LaraTito LaraTito Lara , was considered by many to be Puerto Rico's first television singing idol.-Early years:Born as Agustín Enrique Lara Olivencia in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, Lara was raised by his maternal grandmother and received primary education in Santurce. During his spare time, he taught himself to...
, Puerto Rican singer - Tino de LaraTino de LaraTino de Lara, a Filipino actor born on 1917, also known as Tinno de Lara, is an Lvn Pictures supporting player.He made his first movie under Luis Nolasco Production in 1948's Apat na Panalangin aka Four Prayers....
, Filipino actor - Víctor Neumann-LaraVíctor Neumann-LaraVíctor Neumann-Lara was a Mexican mathematician, pioneer in the field of graph theory in Mexico. His work also covers general topology, game theory and combinatorics...
, Mexican mathematician
First name
- Lara BingleLara BingleLara Bingle is an Australian fashion model who is best known for appearing in the 2006 Tourism Australia advertising campaign So where the bloody hell are you? She is also known for being the former fiancee of Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke and girlfriend of AFL footballer Brendon...
, Australian model - Lara Bajčetić, Serbian model
- Lara Flynn BoyleLara Flynn BoyleLara Flynn Boyle is an American film and television actress best known for her performances as Laura Palmer's best friend Donna Hayward in Twin Peaks and Assistant District Attorney Helen Gamble in The Practice...
, American actress - Lara CardellaLara CardellaLara Cardella is an Italian writer. She is best known for her best seller novel Good girls don't wear trousers.- Biography :...
, Italian writer - Lara CroftLara CroftLara Croft is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Square Enix video game series Tomb Raider. She is presented as a beautiful, intelligent, and athletic British archaeologist-adventurer who ventures into ancient, hazardous tombs and ruins around the world...
, fictional character known from the Tomb RaiderTomb RaiderTomb Raider is an action-adventure video game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. It was originally released in 1996 for the Sega Saturn, with MS-DOS and PlayStation versions following shortly thereafter...
series - Lara Honos-WebbLara Honos-WebbLara Honos-Webb, Ph.D., is the author of several books on ADHD. She is a practicing clinical psychologist, licensed in California. She is well known for her distinctive reframing of mental illnesses that are commonly conceived as detrimental, into gifts that offer exceptional strengths. She is...
, American psychologist and author - Lara Petusky CogerLara Petusky CogerLara Petusky Coger is an American freelance print journalist and television producer.Coger has covered the Dominican Republic, Miami, security in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Cuba and Hurricane Katrina for The New York Times....
, American journalist - Lara Hedberg DeamLara Hedberg DeamLara Hedberg Deam is the founder of architecture and design magazine Dwell and current chair of the Dwell, LLC board. Hedberg was raised in Janesville, Wisconsin and is the daughter of Don and Gerry Hedberg, founders of the company, Lab Safety Supply. After her family sold the company, Hedberg...
, magazine founder - Lara DuttaLara DuttaLara Dutta Bhupathi is an Indian actress, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador, and former Miss Universe.-Early life:Dutta was born in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh to a Punjabi father and an Anglo-Indian mother. Her father is Wing Commander L.K. Dutta and her mother is Jennifer Dutta...
, Indian actress and former Miss UniverseMiss UniverseMiss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....
(2000Miss Universe 2000Miss Universe 2000, the 49th Miss Universe pageant was held at Eleftheria Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus on May 12, 2000. 79 delegates from around the universe competed for the crown. At the conclusion of the final night, Lara Dutta of India was crowned as the new Miss Universe 2000 by Miss Universe...
) - Lara FabianLara FabianLara Fabian is a Belgian-Italian international singer who also holds Canadian citizenship. Multilingual, she sings in French, Italian and English....
, the FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
-language singer whose works include Final Fantasy soundtrack theme The Dream Within - Lara Honos-WebbLara Honos-WebbLara Honos-Webb, Ph.D., is the author of several books on ADHD. She is a practicing clinical psychologist, licensed in California. She is well known for her distinctive reframing of mental illnesses that are commonly conceived as detrimental, into gifts that offer exceptional strengths. She is...
, doctor - Lara LoganLara LoganLara Logan is a South African television and radio journalist, and war correspondent. She is the chief foreign affairs correspondent for CBS News, and a correspondent for CBS's 60 Minutes.-Personal life:...
, a television journalistJournalistA journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
for CBS NewsCBS NewsCBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. The current chairman is Jeff Fager who is also the executive producer of 60 Minutes, while the current president of CBS News is David Rhodes. CBS News' flagship program is the CBS Evening News, hosted by the network's main...
in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... - Lara St. JohnLara St. JohnLara St. John is a Canadian violinist known for her performances as soloist with orchestra and in recital.-Childhood:Lara St. John spent her early childhood in the City of London, Ontario...
, Canadian Violinist - Lara VeroninLara VeroninLara Veronin , also known as Lara Liang, is a Russian-Taiwanese-American musician, currently signed by JVR . She grew up in Southern California and moved to Taiwan when she was a teenager. She graduated from Taipei American School in 2006. She was the lead female vocalist in the Taiwanese band Nan...
, also known as Lara Liang, is a member of the Taiwainese band, Nan Quan MamaNan Quan MamaNan Quan Mama is a Taiwanese music group. The name is a phrase in Chinese to explain having strength while being gentle as a mother. They are closely tied with the Taiwanese artist Jay Chou. The group was nominated for Best Singing Group at the 19th Golden Melody Awards in 2008.The current members... - Lara McMahon, Australian Actress
See also
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