How do you hyphenate "Lagrangian"?

Solution 1:

I would go your style guide.

The Chicago Manual of Style (CMoS, 13th ed.) says:

Word division. The fundamental principle of French word division is to divide as far as possible on a vowel, avoiding consonantal ending of syllables except where n nasalizes a preceding vowel:

a-che-ter

in-di-vi-si-bi-li-té

ba-lan-cer (not bal-an-cer)

ta-bleau (not tab-leau)

(Section 9.27)

While it is better to not divide a proper name, word division for a French word might be:

La-gran-gi-an