Larry

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Lari in FI Finland and לארי in IL Israel.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Larry is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name477K records spelled Larry10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, France, Venezuela, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Lãrrÿ, Lärry, Láŕŕý, Lärrÿ

• Polish given name33K records spelled Larry45 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

  Also written Lari, Ларри, Lary, Ларрі, Лары

• Greek given name18K records spelled Larry3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Lari, Λαρι

• Indonesian given name14K records spelled Larry3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Lårry

• Thai given name8.8K records spelled Larry5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Thailand, Laos, United Kingdom

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written แลรี่, แลร์, แลร

66 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Larry is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, from the personal name Larry, a pet form of Lawrence.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In English, A diminutive of the male given name Laurence or Lawrence, popular as a male given name in the U.S. in the 1940s and the 1950s.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swedish, Larry är ursprungligen en engelsk smekform till Lawrence (→ Lars).

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In French, forme anglaise de Laurent, du latin Laurentius. Fête: 10 août, saint Laurent.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• Pet form of Laurence or Lawrence.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Larry Hagmanb. 1931USAmerican actor (1931–2012)
• Larry Kingb. 1933USAmerican television and radio host (1933–2021)
• Larry Hankinb. 1937USAmerican actor
• Larry Flyntb. 1942USAmerican publisher
• Larry Holmesb. 1949USAmerican boxer
• Larry Summersb. 1954USAmerican economist and government official (born 1954)
• Larry Birdb. 1956USAmerican basketball player and coach (born 1956)
• Lawrence Lessigb. 1961USnot in their usual nameAmerican academic, political activist
• Larry Johnsonb. 1969USAmerican basketball player (born 1969)
• Larry Pageb. 1973USAmerican computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur (born 1973)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 781 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Larry?

We estimate roughly 517 thousand people bear Larry (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Larry have the most bearers?

We estimate about 512 thousand people bear Larry in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled larry.

How common is Larry compared with other names?

In the United States, Larry is the 73rd most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Larry a male or female name?

Larry is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Larry mean?

Recorded meaning: English diminutive of Laurence/Lawrence, from Latin Laurentius, 'from Laurentum'.