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Meaning & Origins
(Russian) short form of Larissa, introduced in the early 20th century to the English-speaking world. It enjoyed some popularity as the name of one of the principal characters in Boris Pasternak's novel Dr Zhivago (1957), which was made into a film in 1965, but it was not until almost forty years later that the name acquired widespread currency in Britain.
| 1,025th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Irish (Connacht): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Díscín ‘descendant of Díscín’, which may be derived from díosc ‘barren’. The place name Ballyeeskeen, now Ballydiscin, in County Sligo, is derived from the surname.
| 21,362nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Larae, Laray, Laura, Larry, Laurie, Laraye, Larah, Larai, Laraya, Lauri
Dickson, Dicken, Deskin, Disken, Duskin, Deschene, Dieken, Dascanio, Deschane, Disko
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