{{wiktionarypar|Lazzara}} {{Infobox surname | name = Lazzara | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = | gender = | feminine = | masculine = | language = | languageorigin = | origin = | derivation = | meaning = | variant = | cognate = | anglicisation = | derivative = | seealso = | family = }} '''Lazzara''' is a surname originating from the Aramaic given name Lazar, which is a form of the Hebrew name Elazar. This name is a conjunction of "El", meaning God and of "Azar", which means help. This translates roughly as "may God help him" or "God has helped".<ref>{{cite web|title=Lazzara Coat of Arms / Lazzara family crest|url=http://www.4crests.com/lazzara-coat-of-arms.html|work=Coat of Arms|accessdate=6 November 2010}}</ref> Historically, particular habits may have caused nicknames to become surnames; in Italy, Lazzara may have arisen from one who was a beggar,<ref>Coles Smith, p. 165.</ref> or biblically from leper.<ref>Wheeler, p. 211.</ref>
'''Lazzara''' may refer to:
*Adam Lazzara (born 1981), lead singer for Taking Back Sunday *Bernadette Peters (originally Lazzara; born 1948), actress and singer *Marco Lazzara (born 1962), 20th-century Italian countertenor *Michael Lazzara, American politician *Richard A. Lazzara (born 1945), judge for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
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==Sources== *{{cite book|last=Coles Smith|first=Eldson|title=American surnames|year=1986|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com|isbn=0-8063-1150-9|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/americansurnames0000smit}} *{{cite book|last=Wheeler|first=William Adolphus|title= An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction; Including Also Familiar Pseudonyms, Surnames Bestowed on Eminent Men, and Analogous Popular Appellations Often Referred to in Literature and Conversation|year=2010|publisher=Read Books|isbn=978-1-4455-5237-8}}
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Category:Italian-language surnames