Meaning and Origin of: Lare

Boy name origins & meanings

  • American : Word as a name; roper

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

  • Dutch and Belgian (van Lare) : habitational name from a common place name, Laar (places in North Brabant, Limburg, Gelderland, Utrecht, and Overijssel, and the Belgian province of Liège), meaning ‘woodland clearing’, ‘marshy land’, or a topographic name with the same meaning.