Larson

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Larsson in SE Sweden.

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 4 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◐

Larson is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname65K records spelled Larson9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, France, Brazil, Colombia

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Larsón, Làrson

• Swedish surname1.7K records spelled Larson25 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Sweden, United States, Finland, Denmark

  Languages: Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian

  Also written Larsson, Lärsson, Λάρσον

• Russian surname1.4K records spelled Larson5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, Ukraine, United Kingdom

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Ларсон

62 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●

Larson 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, Scandinavian; from laurel tree, crowned with laurels; son of Lawrence.

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• Americanized form of Swedish Larsson, Danish and Norwegian Larsen.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In English, A surname transferred from the given name.

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

• In English, Glen, TV producer, writer

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• patronymic from a pet form of Lawrence.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family 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) — 76 years between 1917–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Eric Larsonb. 1905USAmerican animator (1905–1988)
• Jack Larsonb. 1928USAmerican actor and theater writer (1928–2015)
• Glen A. Larsonb. 1937USAmerican television producer and writer (1937–2014)
• Lance Larsonb. 1940USAmerican swimmer
• Jill Larsonb. 1947USAmerican actress
• John B. Larsonb. 1948USUnited States Representative from Connecticut
• Wolf Larsonb. 1959CACanadian actor
• Jonathan Larsonb. 1960USAmerican composer and playwright (1960–1996)
• Nathan Larsonb. 1970USAmerican singer-songwriter, composer, author (b. 1970)
• Jordan Larsonb. 1986USvolleyball player

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 · 203 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Larson?

We estimate roughly 238 thousand people bear Larson (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Larson have the most bearers?

We estimate about 123 thousand people bear Larson in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled larson.

Where is Larson most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Larson is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 94 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Larson compared with other names?

In the United States, Larson is the 209th most common surname of 7,257,200 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Larson mean?

Recorded meaning: Anglicization of Swedish Larsson and Danish/Norwegian Larsen, both 'son of Lars' (Scandinavian form of Lawrence).