Larry

Diminutive of Lawrence, English from Latin

"from Laurentium or bay laurel"

Larry Origin and Meaning

The name Larry is a boy's name meaning "from Laurentium or bay laurel".

Your friendly next-door neighbor...not your baby. Although Larry was once one of the most popular boys' names starting with L, that title now belongs to Liam.

Larry Rank in US Top 1000

# 889 in the US

Popularity of the name Larry

• 889 US 2022
• 1651 Nameberry 2025
• 11 Unique 2023

20 Names Similar to Larry

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Larry.

• Jerry
• Steve
• Joe
• Craig
• Barry
• Dennis
• Eddie
• Rodney
• Ronald
• Jeffrey
• Bobby
• Mike
• Ricky
• Randy
• Allen
• Tom
• Carl
• Gary
• Juan
• Curtis

Famous People Named Larry

• Lawrence Gene "Larry" David American actor/comedian
• Lawrence "Larry" Page American co,founder of Google
• Larry King (born Lawrence Leibel Harvey Zeiger) American TV host
• Larry Joe Bird American basketball player
• Larry Lane American actor; twin brother Gary Lane
• Laurence "Larry" van Cott Niven American novelist
• Larry Fine (born Louis Feinberg) American actor/comedian, one of the Three Stooges
• Larry Martin Hagman American actor
• Lawrence Harvey "Larry" Brown American basketball coach
• Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Hogan American politician; 62nd Governor of Maryland
• Larry Eugene Carlton American jazz guitarist
• Larry Jeff McMurtry American novelist
• Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Ellison American founder of Oracle
• Larry Coryell American jazz guitarist
• Larry Claxton Flynt American adult magazine publisher
• Larry Darnell Fitzgerald Jr. American NFL football player
• Larry Alphonso Johnson American NFL football player
• Larry Dell Alexander American artist
• (Elister) Larry Wilmore American comedian
• Larry the Cable Guy stage name of Daniel Lawrence Whitney, American actor/comedian

The name Larry in Pop Culture

• Larry Bloom character from TV's "Orange Is the New Black"
• Larry Butz character from the video game series "Ace Attorney"
• Larry LaSalle villain in "Heroes" by Robert Cormier
• Lawrence Anthony "Larry" Beale character in TV series "Even Stevens"
• Larry character in film "Night at the Museum"
• Larry the Lobster character in animated series "SpongeBob SquarePants"
• Larry a character in animated series "Penn Zero: Part,Time Hero"
• Larry 3000 character from the animated series "Time Squad"
• Larry Alder main character on TV's "Hello, Larry"
• "The Larry Sanders Show " TV series and its main character
• Larry Grey elder son of Lord Merton on TV's "Downton Abbey"
• Larry character on animated series "Veggie Tales"
• Larry the Cat the brown and white tabby at 10 Downing Street, London, who is chief mouser to the Cabinet Office
• Hilary "Larry" Friedman female character in movie "Blended"
• Larry Bird baby boy character on TV's "SMILF" (played by twin girls)
• Larry Your Waiter, character in "A Series of Unfortunate Events"
• Larry Stylinson Harry Styles’ and Louis Tomlinson’s names mushed together (as they could be possibly together as a couple).
• Larry Appleton character on ABC TGIF sitcom "Perfect Strangers"
• Lawrence Arthur "Larry" Valentine character in 2007 film "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry"