Lazarillo as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Lazarillo

What is the meaning of the name Lazarillo ?

The baby name Lazarillo is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /la.zaˈɾi.ʝo/ (Latin American); /la.θaˈɾi.ʝo/ (Castilian) — respelling: lah-sah-REE-yo (Latin American), lah-THAH-REE-yo (Castilian).

Lazarillo is Spanish in Origin.

Lazarillo is the Spanish diminutive of Lázaro, itself the Spanish form of Lazarus, from Latin Lazarus, Greek Lazaros, ultimately from Hebrew Elʿāzār, “God has helped/assisted.” With the -illo suffix, Lazarillo literally means “little Lázaro” or “dear Lazarus,” carrying connotations of protection and divine aid.

The name is best known from the anonymous 16th‑century picaresque Lazarillo de Tormes, whose streetwise narrator bears the nickname; ever since, in Spanish, lazarillo can mean a guide - famously in perro lazarillo, a guide dog for the blind. As a given name it is uncommon and tends to signal literary flair or familial affection rather than formal use. Related forms include Lázaro/Lazaro (Spanish), Lazar (South Slavic), Lazarus (English/Latin), and the cognate Eleazar/Elazar (Hebrew). Diminutives and variants: Lazarito, regional Lazarín; Portuguese Lazarinho; Serbian pet form Laza. Feminine Lazarilla exists but is exceedingly rare.

⚙ Lazarillo is a rare name. There are only 19 recorded uses of it in our data, from 6 countries.