Lothar
A Germanic name meaning "famous army". Just 154 men in Poland carry it and no boy has been given it in the last quarter-century, so most Poles will never meet one.
Lothar Pronunciation
What Lothar means
Where Lothar comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Lothar is a Germanic name, assembled from two old words: one for "famous," one for "army." Put together they give its short meaning, "famous army." The German-speaking lands carried it furthest, and it stands without diminutive, variant, or feminine partner. Lothar comes alone.
Its grandest bearer was Lothair I, a Carolingian emperor who died in 855. When his territory passed to his son Lothair II, the land itself took the name: Lotharingia. That word thinned over the centuries into Lorraine, the region on the French and German border that both sides claimed for generations. A first name, worn by one king, became a place fought over on the map.
On a Polish class register today, Lothar reads as a rare entry beside the Kacpers and Zofias around it. A teacher might check twice before calling it. The name keeps its blunt old sense wherever it lands: a famous army.
How many people are named Lothar
1 in 138612 men in Poland is named Lothar. 154 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2607 among male names.
Lothar as a middle name
Lothar is a first name for 154 men in Poland and a middle name for another 90, a 63/37 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 760th, between Logan (90) and Salah (90).
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#758 Kemal90
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#759 Logan90
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#760 Lothar90
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#761 Salah90
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#762 Humberto89