Sunan Larnaca ya samo asali ne daga sunan tsohuwar Girkanci λάρναξ larnax 'coffer, box; kirji, misali. don shagunan gida; cinerary urn, sarcophagus, akwatin gawa; wurin sha, chalice'. Etymology na yau da kullun yana danganta asalin sunan zuwa yawancin larnakes (sarcophagi) waɗanda aka samu a yankin.[1] Sophocles Hadjisavvas, masanin ilmin kimiya na kasa, ya bayyana cewa "(Wakilin Amurka na birnin) na kwata na karshe na karni na 19, ya yi iƙirarin bincikar kaburbura fiye da 3,000 a yankin Larnaca, wanda ake kira bayan babban adadin sarcophagi da aka samu a ciki. garin zamani”.[2]