The name of a number of Biblical characters, one of the Maccabean martyrs, a 4th C martyr, a 5th C French saint, a 5th C Italian saint, a 9th C Byzantine saint, a 14th C Serbian prince, and a 15th C Serbian prince. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Eleazar, Lazarus.
Lazarus is the Latinized form. Most commonly, Eleazar is used to refer to the Old Testament figures, while Lazarus refers to the New Testament figure.
- England
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- Dutch
- ● 1572 Lazarus AuFr Sager;
1585 Eleazar ibid. Berntsz;
1591 Eleasar ibid. Pont;
1592 Eleasar ibid. Pont;
1594 Eleasar ibid. Pont,
Eleazar ibid. Pont;
1597 Eleasar ibid. Pont;
1599 Eleasar ibid. Pont
- Early Modern English
- ● 1597 Eleasor StAnthonlin p. 38
- France
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- Latin
- ● c1120 Eleazar (nom) CartNoyers CDXXXVI;
1124 Eleazar (nom) CartNDJosaphat XIII
- Middle French
- ● 1563 Eléazar RegPCC-1 p. 30;
1565 Eléazar ibid. p. 113;
1566 Eleazar ibid. p. 205,
Eléazar ibid. p. 224;
1567 Eléazar ibid. p. 294;
1568 Eléazar ibid. p. 363;
1571 Eléazar ibid. p. 448
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1113 Eleazar (gen) CartNDJosaphat III;
1265x1339 Lazari (gen) BBC-Berg 1459,
Laçari (gen) ibid. 442;
1376 Lazaro (abl) DouGen1 p. 115;
1464 Lazarus (nom) CUP-III-I CCXXXI;
1527 Lazari (gen) Rome1527 p. 88
- ◑ 1376 Lazarini (gen) DouGen1 p. 238,
Lazarino (abl) ibid. p. 17;
1464 Lazarinus (nom) CUP-III-I CCXXXI
- Italian
- ● 1513x1521 Lazaro LeoX p. 17,
Lazzaro ibid. p. 14
- Latvia
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- Latin
- ● 1292 Lazar (nom) RigSB 151
Cite as: A. Brown, S.L. Uckelman. "Eleazar". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Eleazar.