Łazarz
From Hebrew Eleazar, "God has helped," carried into Poland by Lazarus of Bethany, the man Jesus raised at the tomb. Almost no one meets a Łazarz today: you would sooner find him in an old parish register than on a class list.
Łazarz Pronunciation
Łazarz is pronounced WAH-zahsh (/ˈwazaʂ/).
What Łazarz means
Where Łazarz comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Łazarz comes from Hebrew, from Eleazar, `El'azar`, which reads as "God has helped." That is the meaning Polish still gives it: "god has helped," "bóg pomaga." The name reached Poland through the Church, carried by the Gospel figure Lazarus of Bethany, the man Jesus raised at the tomb. So a boy called Łazarz wears an old sentence about rescue.
The name kept a plainer twin. `Łazar`, the variant, drops the final buzz and turns up in Polish surnames and village records.
Bearers of the name are rare now. You are more likely to meet Łazarz in a parish register from a few centuries back than in a school class list today. The Hebrew root stayed intact through every retelling, and it still means what it meant at the start. A name for someone helped. Not by luck, by God, if you trust the etymology. Łazarz, or Łazar, and under both the same four words: god has helped.
How many people are named Łazarz
1 in 2371799 men in Poland is named Łazarz. 9 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #18220 among male names.
Łazarz as a middle name
Łazarz is a first name for 9 men in Poland and a middle name for another 42, an 18/82 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1227th, between Theodorus (42) and Światosław (42).
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#1225 Tarek42
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#1226 Theodorus42
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#1227 Łazarz42
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#1228 Światosław42
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#1229 Anibal41