Lazara
Nora Fries is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She was created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm for Batman: The Animated Series, in which she is depicted as the terminally ill wife of Dr. Victor Fries, who cryogenically freezes her and becomes the supervillain Mr. Freeze to find a cure for her condition.
Meaning & Origin of Lazara
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nora Fries is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She was created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm for Batman: The Animated Series, in which she is depicted as the terminally ill wife of Dr. Victor Fries, who cryogenically freezes her and becomes the supervillain Mr. Freeze to find a cure for her condition.
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The Story of Lazara
Lazara first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1923, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1984: 10 births, good for #6,292 nationwide. About 30% of every Lazara on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Lazara last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 175 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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About the name Lazara
Lazara is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1923 and has accumulated 175 births in the dataset. Lazara's peak popularity came in 1984 when it ranked #6,292. Use the chart and map above to compare Lazara's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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