Lambert - Origin and Meaning of the name

The boy name Lambert [ 2 syll. lam-ber(t), la-mbe-rt ] is pronounced LAEMBerT ^KEY. Lambert's origin is Germanic, and its use, Dutch, English, French, and German. The meaning of Lambert is 'famous landowner'. Two-element name derived from lant and berht which have the meanings 'land, territory, homeland' and 'bright, famous' respectively. An old form of the name is the Germanic Lantbert. The name was borne by Saint Lambert (636-700), the bishop of Maastricht who went with the Normans to England. The name became popular in the Middle Ages due to Dutch immigrants.

Variant forms of the name include the Italian Lamberto, the German Lambrecht, the Dutch and German Lammert, and the German Lamprecht. Another form of Lambert is the French and German spelling variant Lampert. See also the related form, the German Lando.

Lambert is uncommon as a baby boy name. In 1900, 0.012% of baby boys were named Lambert. It was #571 in rank then. The baby name has dropped out of favor since then, and is of only sporadic use now. Within all boy names in its family, Lambert was nevertheless the most widely used in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Lambert include the French and German Lampert and the Italian Lamberto.

^KEY: Pronunciation for Lambert: L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)"

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for Lambert
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