Lothar Forename

3,987th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 264,606 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Lothar Forename User-submission:

Lothar is a German male given name, which comes from the Germanic words hlūdaz, meaning 'famous', 'loud', and harjaz, meaning 'warrior', 'leader', therefore meaning 'famous warrior' or 'famous leader'. It was popularized across Germany by medieval Carolingian rulers, and still sees use today in the modern period.

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Lothar Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany
100%
256,8531:376111
Austria
100%
1,7961:4,741440
United States
100%
1,4381:252,1128,334
Switzerland
100%
9351:8,784946
Brazil
100%
8261:259,36610,591
Canada
100%
4651:71,2554,136
Belgium
100%
2401:47,8752,403
Poland
100%
1881:202,2723,614
South Africa
100%
1681:324,59917,894
Dominican Republic-1361:76,7014,403
Netherlands
100%
1351:125,2015,846
Sweden
100%
851:115,9754,765
Indonesia-791:3,265,363146,218
Spain
100%
781:596,5386,929
Czechia
100%
701:152,2311,388
France
100%
631:1,055,0858,091
Denmark-621:91,1212,722
Thailand
100%
521:1,347,41943,915
England
100%
491:1,134,75317,965
Suriname
100%
491:11,2822,027
India
100%
441:27,610,863583,947
Australia-421:325,1816,319
Mexico
92%
 
391:3,183,19015,454
Norway
100%
381:135,0613,905
Portugal-371:281,3755,179
Philippines
97%
 
361:2,944,70859,101
New Zealand-331:137,4565,350
Italy
100%
301:2,035,40314,030
Ireland
100%
281:165,8403,486
Greece
100%
271:404,9836,029
Chile
100%
271:652,1197,084
DR Congo
100%
271:2,734,35659,996
Venezuela
100%
251:1,208,07624,638
Hungary
100%
251:391,6711,580
Luxembourg
100%
241:23,5021,294
Liechtenstein-231:1,646297
Peru
100%
211:1,513,87917,250
China-191:71,897,67363,377
Estonia-171:77,3753,612
Papua New Guinea
100%
161:509,52038,497
Argentina
100%
161:2,673,3288,808
Ecuador-161:1,107,9328,230
Finland
67%
 
141:391,6565,045
Croatia
100%
131:324,3904,474
Uruguay
100%
131:263,6644,255
Russia
100%
121:12,019,47542,911
Colombia
100%
111:4,343,53925,849
Paraguay
100%
111:657,8915,571
Jamaica-101:288,3238,750
United Arab Emirates-101:715,19924,449
Costa Rica
100%
101:476,7957,334
Singapore-101:628,70512,270
Congo
100%
91:556,5789,819
Aruba-81:12,9721,901
Malaysia
100%
71:4,349,991105,289
Israel
100%
61:1,400,48616,782
Bermuda-61:10,8041,174
Japan-51:25,597,21150,433
Namibia-41:601,0457,837
Taiwan
100%
41:5,942,42087,370
Vietnam-41:23,155,7785,302
Angola-41:6,741,6524,704
Guatemala
100%
41:4,027,1077,742
Scotland
100%
31:1,783,45514,297
Romania-31:6,683,99244,661
Panama-31:1,302,18625,104
Pakistan
100%
31:64,785,893186,184
Slovakia
100%
31:1,770,0215,487
Bolivia-31:3,533,8015,917
Hong Kong-31:2,584,24211,307
Turkey
100%
21:38,900,85464,839
Wales
100%
21:1,547,15412,610
Slovenia-21:1,229,3796,326
Zimbabwe
100%
21:7,711,90884,647
Nigeria-21:88,782,180420,186
Nicaragua-21:3,009,16824,322
Nepal
100%
21:14,243,67686,069
Honduras-21:4,408,73423,808
Bulgaria-21:3,495,19519,668
Fiji-11:892,3783,968
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Belarus-11:9,482,38420,892
Bosnia and Herzegovina-11:3,524,4588,651
Egypt-11:91,900,94653,283
Turkmenistan-11:5,472,8703,925
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
Serbia
100%
11:7,145,72110,629
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Iran-11:78,496,86865,150
Malta-11:429,3603,141
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537

The alternate forms: Lothár (10) are calculated separately.

Lothar (284) may also be a surname.

Lothar Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Lothar is a German male given name, which comes from the Germanic words hlūdaz, meaning 'famous', 'loud', and harjaz, meaning 'warrior', 'leader', therefore meaning 'famous warrior' or 'famous leader'. It was popularized across Germany by medieval Carolingian rulers, and still sees use today in the modern period.

- colinrs487

Lothar Forename Popularity

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Loothar928/
Lothare926/
Lothart925/
Lothaar922/
Lothayr921/
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Lothgar921/
lo Thar921/
Louthar921/
Lotar911,649/
Lothaire86184/
Lothardt861/
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Luthar831,052/
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Lottar8350/
Lotard8328/
Lohtar8323/
Lotare839/
Lotair838/
Lotgar837/
Loitar836/
Lotahr835/
Lothor833/
Liotar832/
Loutar832/
Lotart832/
Lhotar831/
Loetar831/
Liothaire801/
Leothiara801/
Losstar7722/
Luthair7720/
Lathair7717/
Luthard7710/
Latahar779/
Loistar779/
Lotaire778/
Luthgar778/
Lyuthar775/
Lauthar774/
Luuthar773/
Lathaur773/
Lathare773/
Lethair772/
Loitare771/
Liostar771/
Lathaar771/
Lathard771/
Latthar771/
Letthar771/
Letahar771/
Leethar771/
Lhethar771/
Loottar771/
Loustar771/
Loutart771/
Louthor771/
Luthaar771/
Luthare771/
Luthart771/
Lotheir771/
Lotahyr771/
Latar73907/
Lutar73267/
Letar73141/
Lotor7326/
Lotár733/
Lathaire714/
Luthardt714/
Lathasre711/
Lauthard711/
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L'Hostar711/
Luithard711/
Loothoor711/
Lotteart711/
Loutaire711/
Leothero711/
Lattar67316/
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Latare6746/
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Latear6727/
Lettar6727/
Lataur6723/
Laetar6716/
Lathor6716/
Lutgar6715/
Lutair6710/
Lautar679/
Latard678/
Liatar675/
Latair674/
Letear674/
Lottor674/
Lotore673/
Laatar673/
Lhator673/
Leetar672/
Lutaar672/
Lutare672/
Lostor672/
Lyutar672/
Latarh671/
Latart671/
Letair671/
Letarr671/
Lethor671/
Lhatar671/
Leutar671/
Laztar671/
Loztor671/
Lutarr671/
Lutart671/
Lutaur671/
Loteur671/
Lotour671/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lothar