Lazar (name)

Lazar
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	God has helped
Region of origin	Eastern Europe
Other names
Derived	Eleazar
Related names	Lazarus

Lazar (Russian Ла́зарь; Serbian, Bulgarian and Macedonian Лазар, Lazar) or Llazar (Albanian: Llazar) is a male given name or a surname. This abbreviated form of Lazarus is especially common in various Slavic languages. It's also used in Albanian, Hungarian and Romanian. The name is derived from the Hebrew name אֶלְעָזָר (Elʿazar, or Eleazar), meaning "God has helped".^[1]

By given name

• Lazar (1329–1389), the Prince of Serbia 1371–1389
• Lazar of Hilandar (fl. 1404), a Serbian Orthodox monk and clockbuilder
• Lazar Branković (1421–1458), Lazar's grandson and Despot of Serbia 1456–1458
• Lazar Baranovych (1620–1693), Russian Orthodox archbishop
• Lazar I of Armenia, head of Armenian Apostolic Church (1737–1751)
• Lázár Mészáros (1796–1858), Hungarian Minister of War
• Lazar Grünhut (1850–1913), Hungarian rabbi
• Lazăr Șăineanu (1859-1934), Romanian philologist
• Lazăr Edeleanu (1861–1941), Romanian chemist
• Lazar Kujundžić (1880–1905), Serbian guerilla fighter
• Lazar Drljača (1882–1970), Yugoslav painter
• Lazar Kaganovich (1893–1991), Soviet politician and Stalinist
• Lazar Lyusternik (1899–1981), Soviet mathematician
• Lazar Lagin (1903–1979), Soviet satirist and children's writer
• Lazar Koliševski (1914–2000), Yugoslav politician
• Lazar Mojsov (born 1920), Yugoslav politician
• Lazar Yazgur (1928–2000), Soviet painter
• Lazar Berman (1930–2005), Soviet classical pianist
• Lazar Tasić (born 1931), Yugoslav footballer
• Lazar Radović (born 1937), Yugoslav footballer
• Lazăr Comănescu (born 1949), Romanian politician
• Lazar Ristovski (born 1952), Serbian actor
• Lázár Szentes (born 1955), Hungarian coach and former footballer
• Lazar Popović (born 1983), Serbian footballer
• Lazar Hayward (born 1986), American basketball player
• Lazar Marković (born 1994), Serbian footballer

Llazar:

• Llazar Fundo, Albanian communist, journalist and writer from Korçë, (1899-1944)
• Llazar Siliqi, Albanian poet, (1924-2001)
• Llazar Treska, Albanian politician and mayor of Tirana

By surname

• Alexandru Lazar, Romanian footballer
• Berel Lazar, Chief Rabbi of Russia
• Bob Lazar, who claims to have worked at Area 51
• Chris Lazar, a Canadian actor
• Costin Lazăr, Romanian footballer
• Curtis Lazar, a Canadian hockey player
• David Lazar, Romanian footballer
• Florin Lazăr, Romanian footballer
• Gheorghe Lazăr, Romanian scholar
• Gracie Lazar, an American actress
• György Lázár, Prime Minister of Hungary from 1975 to 1987
• Ilie Lazăr, Romanian politicitan
• Ingmar Lazar, French classical pianist
• Irving Paul Lazar, a Hollywood agent
• János Lázár, Hungarian politician
• John Lazar, mayor of Adelaide, South Australia
• Mitchell Lazar, Chief of Endocrinology at the University of Pennsylvania
• Mihai Lazăr, Romanian rugby union player
• Marc Lazar, a professor at the Paris Institute of Political Studies
• Valentin Lazăr, Romanian footballer

Fictional characters

• Lazar Wolf, wealthy butcher in Fiddler on the Roof
• Lazar, gunsmith, minor character in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun

See also

• Lazar (disambiguation)
• Tsar Lazar Guard, Serbian nationalist political organization
• Lazarević
• Lazarev
• Lazarevski

References

1. William Barclay, The Parables of Jesus, Westminster John Knox Press, 1999, ISBN 0-664-25828-X, pp. 92-98.