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Etymology of Lazare

What does the name Lazare mean?

The surname Lazare is derived from the Aramaic male given name Lazar, which is a form of the Hebrew male name Elazar. This name is composed of the elements el, which means God and azar, which means help and it means God has helped.

Lazare Ranking

France, the name Lazare is the 8,050th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1


Contemporary Notables of the name Lazare (post 1700) +

  • Louis Lazare Hoche, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 2
  • Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3
  • Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot (1753-1823), French military engineer


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, March 10) Louis Hoche. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
  3. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 11) Lazare Carnot. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html


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