Lazzara

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".^[1] Historically, particular habits may have caused nicknames to become surnames; in Italy, Lazzara may have arisen from one who was a beggar,^[2] or biblically from leper.^[3]

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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^ Wheeler, p. 211.

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[2] Coles Smith, p. 165.

[3] Wheeler, p. 211.

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