Lasse

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 20 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◐

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

• German given name22K records spelled Lasse12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, Netherlands, Finland, United States

  Languages: German, English, Western Frisian

  Also written Laße, Lassé, Lassë, Lãssę

• Catalan surname1.7K records spelled Lasse17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, Finland, Norway

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written LaSa, Laas, Lassé, Lasă, Laãs

• a separate given name997 records spelled Lasse2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, United States, Sweden, Finland

  Also written Lásse

• a separate given name580 records spelled Lasse2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Finland, Sweden, United States

  Also written Lásse

• Russian surname238 records spelled Lasse15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Finland, United States

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Ласс, Лассе, Lass, Лясэ, Ласэ

41 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●

Lasse 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 Swedish, Lasse är ursprungligen en nordisk smekform till Laurentius (→ Lars). I den finlandssvenska almanackan 10 augusti.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• Finnish form of LAURENCE , derived from a Scandinavian pet form of the name. It has been borne, for example, by the Finnish runner Lasse Viren (b. 1949). Variant: Lassi .

  as a word

• In sga, alternative spelling of lase (“when”)

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

• In Swedish, a diminutive of the male given name Lars, less often recorded as an official name

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

• In Dutch, singular present subjunctive of lassen

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

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●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 81 years between 1945–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Lasse Glommb. 1944NONorwegian film director and screenwriter (1944–1996)
• Lasse Berghagenb. 1945SESwedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter (1945–2023)
• Lasse Virénb. 1949FIFinnish long-distance runner
• Lasse Spang Olsenb. 1965DKDanish filmmaker
• Lasse Kjusb. 1971NONorwegian alpine ski racer
• Benb. 1981DEnot in their usual nameGerman singer
• Lasse Schöneb. 1986DKDanish footballer
• Lasse Vibeb. 1987DKDanish association football player
• Lasse Norman Lethb. 1992DKDanish road cyclist
• Lasse Bredekjær Anderssonb. 1994DKDanish handball 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 · 314 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Lasse?

We estimate roughly 36 thousand people bear Lasse (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Lasse have the most bearers?

We estimate about 17 thousand people bear Lasse in Denmark, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled lasse.

Where is Lasse most common?

Lasse is densest in Denmark, where the national register counts about 1 in 354 people carrying it.

How common is Lasse compared with other names?

In Denmark, Lasse is the 63rd most common given name of 31,396 given names recorded there.

Is Lasse a male or female name?

Lasse 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 Lasse mean?

Recorded meaning: männl. Vom., schwedische und norwe­ gische Koseform von