Lazer as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Lazer

What is the meaning of the name Lazer ?

The baby name Lazer is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈleɪzər/ (LAY-zər).

Lazer is Hebrew in Origin.

Lazer is a modern English rendering of Yiddish Leyzer/Leizer, itself a vernacular form of the Hebrew names Elazar and Eliezer, meaning “God has helped” or “my God has helped.” Through Aramaic and Greek Lazaros it also connects to the Latinized Lazarus. Spelled Lazer in many Ashkenazi communities, it functions both as a stand‑alone given name and a familiar form for Eliezer.

Variants and cognates include Elazar, Eleazar, Eliezer; Lazar, Lazarus; Lázár (Hungarian), Lazăr (Romanian), Lazar (South Slavic, Russian Лазарь), Lazzaro (Italian), Lázaro (Spanish), and Polish Łazarz; Yiddish spellings Leizer/Leyzer/Leiser are common. The name appears with the biblical Eleazar, son of Aaron, and in the New Testament stories of Lazarus. It has long usage across Jewish and Slavic cultures - famously borne by medieval Serbian ruler Prince Lazar - and remains current in Orthodox Jewish circles. Despite its homograph with the scientific word laser, the name is etymologically unrelated.