Lara is a feminine given name or a surname in several languages.

It was popularized in the Anglosphere by a character in the 1965 film Dr.

[1] Lara is also a water nymph in Roman Mythology who is the mother of the Lares.

[2] The name has been among the top 1,000 names used for newborn girls in the United States since 1966, the year after the film Dr. Zhivago debuted.

The name has also seen wide use in Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and across Europe.