Lazarevi

Lazarevi is a South Slavic name that can refer to both places and people. As a toponym, Lazarevi designates several settlements in the Balkan region, typically villages or hamlets named after a local person named Lazar. In Cyrillic writing, the place-name is commonly rendered as Лазареви. The form reflects a common pattern where a given name is transformed into a locality name through a productive Slavic suffix.

As a surname, Lazarevi appears among South Slavic communities and can be found in countries such as Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and North Macedonia. The root Lazar/Lazarus is a widely used given name in Christian-influenced cultures, and the suffix -evi is a common ending in Slavic surnames and onomastic forms indicating origin or lineage.

Because Lazarevi can refer to multiple distinct places or families, precise identification requires contextual information such as country, region, or accompanying descriptive data. Variants in transliteration or spelling may occur depending on language and orthography, with related forms including Lazarev and Lazarević in different linguistic contexts. Overall, Lazarevi exemplifies the cross-border nature of Slavic place names and surnames derived from the given name Lazar.