Lahm

See also: lähm, and lahm

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Lahm.

Proper noun

Lahm (plural Lahms)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lahm is the 37955^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 585 individuals. Lahm is most common among White (95.56%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lahm”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 381.

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German

Etymology

From the adjective lahm (“lame”). Compare the surname Lame.

Proper noun

Lahm m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Lahms or (with an article) Lahm, feminine genitive Lahm, plural Lahms)

1. a surname