Lambert (name)

Lambert is an English and French[1] given name and surname. It is from the Low German form of the anthroponymic name Landberht from the Old High German land "(home) land" and beraht "bright".[2]

It is one of the most common French surnames with a total number of birth in France between 1966 and 1990 around 18,000 births.[3] variant forms include: Lamberty, Lambertot, Lamberton.[4]

  1. ^ Albert Dauzat, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille et prénoms de France, Larousse, 1980, édition revue et commentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet, p. 361a
  2. ^ Hans Bahlow: Deutsches Namenlexikon. Familien- und Vornamen nach Ursprung und Sinn erklärt. Lizenzausgabe. Gondrom, Bindlach 1990, ISBN 3-8112-0294-4.
  3. ^ Site of Géopatronyme: Total number of birth by period in France
  4. ^ DAUZAT