This Jewish and German AZZARA surname was from the Aramaic male given name LAZAR, a form of the Hebrew male name ELAZAR composed of the elements EL (god) and AZAR (help) and meaning 'may God help him' or 'God has helped'. In the New Testament, this was the name of the brother of Martha and Mary who were restored to life by Christ (John 11: 1-4). According to an ancient popular tradition, after the death of Christ he came to Province with his two sisters and became the bishop of Marseilles. As a German or English name it may be a nickname for a beggar. When traditional Jews were forced to take family names by the local bureaucracy, it was an obligation imposed from outside traditional society, and people often took the names playfully and let their imaginations run wild by choosing names which corresponded to nothing real in their world. No one alive today can remember the times when Jews took or were given family names (for most Ashkenazim this was the end of the 18th century or the beginning of the 19th) although many remember names being changed after emigration to other countries, such as the United States and Israel in recent years. Surnames as we know them today were first assumed in Europe from the 11th to the 15th Century. They were not in use in England or in Scotland before the Norman Conquest, and were first found in the Domesday Book. The employment in the use of a second name was a custom that was first introduced from the Normans. They themselves had not long before adopted them. It became, in course of time, a mark of gentler blood, and it was deemed a disgrace for gentlemen to have but one single name, as the meaner sort had. A notable member of the name was Wiliam Shaker AZAR, born 10th March 1911 in Trinidad, Colorado. He was an Executive and his appoints held include in 1958 and 1959, Mayor, City of Trinidad. 1955-1963 he was President of Community Enterprises. He resides at Trinidad, Colorado, in the United States of America. The lion depicted in the arms is the noblest of all wild beasts which is made to be the emblem of strength and valour, and is on that account the most frequently borne in Coat-Armour. |
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