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Lambert
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lambert
English
Etymology
From en enm Lambert, from en fro Lambert, a saint's name (of a Bishop of Maastricht) brought to England by the Normans, from en gmw-pro *Landaberht, from gmw-pro *land land *berht bright 1. Cognate with ang Landbeorht, goh Lantbërht, nl Lambrecht.
Pronunciation
en /ˈlæmbɚt/ US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Lambert.wav Southern England
Proper noun
~
en countable en male Germanic languages; in modern use partly transferred back from the surname.
en 1597 William Shakespeare Richard II act I, scene I At Coventry, upon Saint Lambert's day:There shall your swords and lances arbitrateThe swelling difference of your settled hate
en countable en patronymics.
17 January 2002 w:Alina Tugend Reaching Out, With Cheek, to Young Jewish Readers https://web.archive.org/web/20230129172033/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jan-17-lv-mag17-story.html Elisheva Lambert called herself a “totally neurotic Jew from Toronto who is doing everything my parents didn’t want me to.”
https://web.archive.org/web/20221205210834/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/books/review/show-me-a-sign-ann-clare-lezotte.html Meg Medina Meg Medina A Deaf Girl Finds Her Voice on Martha's Vineyard in the 19th Century 2020-04-27 Life on Martha’s Vineyard has been mostly ideal for 11-year-old Mary Elizabeth Lambert, the protagonist of Ann Clare LeZotte’s historical novel SHOW ME A SIGN (Scholastic, 288 pp., $18.99; ages 8 to 12).
en number of places c/USA:
en town co/Quitman County s/Mississippi.
en An inactive <<village>> in <<co/Scott County>>, <<s/Missouri>>.
en settlement co/Richland County s/Montana.
en town co/Alfalfa County s/Oklahoma.
en twp co/Red Lake County s/Minnesota.
en uncountable en crater celestial body/Moon; A lunar impact crater.
Derived terms
en Glambert Beer-Lambert-Bouguer law Beer-Lambert law Eaton-Lambert syndrome lambert (L) Lambert-Beer law Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome Lambert-Eaton syndrome Lambertian Lambertism Lambertist Lambert pine Lambert's cosine law Lambert's emission law Lambert's law Lambertville Lambert W function Saint-Lambert Lambert series
Translations
male given name
Aragonese: an Lamberto m
Belarusian: be Лямбэрт m
French: fr Lambert
Galician: gl Lamberto
Greek: el Λαμπέρτος m
Italian: it Lamberto
Latin: la Lambertus
Occitan: oc Lambèrt m
surname
Dutch: nl Lambrecht
French: fr Lambert
German: de Lambrecht
Greek: el Λαμπέρτου m f
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Lambert is the 329th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 93,678 individuals. Lambert is most common among White (83.66%) individuals.
Further reading
Lambert (lunar crater)
Anagrams
en abelmrt Tramble tramble
French
fr:
Etymology
fr gem-pro
From fr fro Lambert, from fr gmw-pro *Landaberht, from gmw-pro *land land *berht bright 1.
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Arthur Crbz-Lambert.wav
Proper noun
m Lamberte,Lambertine
fr male rare modern Lambert
fr patronymics Lambert
en Lambert: fr crater celestial body/Moon star system/Solar System
Derived terms
fr lambert (L)
Descendants
en Lambert
Anagrams
fr trembla