Lasse

Diminutive of Lars, taken to regular use as a formal given name in the 20th century.

Lasse

1. a male given name

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 15 986 males with the given name Lasse have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Swedish style variant of Lassi, diminutive of Lauri.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑsːe/, [ˈlɑ̝s̠ːe̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑsːe
• Syllabification^(key): Las‧se

Lasse

1. a male given name from Latin
   • 1982, Orvokki Autio, Kotipesä, Gummerus, →ISBN, page 14:

     ―Vai Aatoksen sinä sen poikasi nimeksi pistit, oli Ilmi sanonut ja pannut silmänsä kiinni.
     —Lauri se on, Lasseksi sanotahan, oli Armi sanonut. ―Aatos on toinen nimi.

     So Aatos is what you chose to name your son, Ilmi had said and closed her eyes.
     —He's Lauri, but we call him Lasse, Armi had said. —Aatos is his middle name.

   • 2019, Anja Portin, Muistokirjoitus, S&S, →ISBN, page 127:

     Nimet ovat liian samanlaiset, liian lähellä toisiaan. Lasse ja Laura. Melkein kuin Lassi ja Leevi tai Liinu ja Tiinu. Olisi helpompaa, jos huulipunanaisen nimi olisi Sinikka tai Paula. Tai joku Hannele. Lasse ja Sinikka ei kuulostaisi yhtä tyhmältä kuin Lasse ja Laura.

     The names are too similar, too close to each other. Lasse and Laura. Almost like Lassi and Leevi or Liinu and Tinnu. It'd be easier if that lipsticked woman was named Sinikka or Paula. Or like Hannele. Lasse and Sinikka wouldn't sound as stupid as Lasse and Laura.

• Lasse is the 83^rd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 8,248 male individuals (and as a middle name to 1,629 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlasə/

Lasse m

1. plural of Lass

Medieval diminutive of Lars and of other Norwegian cognates of the English Laurence.

Lasse

1. a male given name

• IPA^(key): /ˈlasə/, [ˈlasːə]

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Lasse c (genitive Lasses)

1. a diminutive of the male given name Lars, less often recorded as an official name