Lambert

See also: lambert

English

Etymology

From Middle English Lambert, from Old French Lambert, a saint's name (of a Bishop of Maastricht) brought to England by the Normans, from Proto-West Germanic *Landaberht, from *land (“land”) +‎ *berht (“bright”). Cognate with Old English Landbeorht, Old High German Lantbërht, Dutch Lambrecht.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlæmbɚt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Lambert (countable and uncountable, plural Lamberts)

1. (countable) A male given name from the Germanic languages; in modern use partly transferred back from the surname.
   • 1597, William Shakespeare, Richard II, act I, scene I:

     At Coventry, upon Saint Lambert's day:
     There shall your swords and lances arbitrate
     The swelling difference of your settled hate

2. (countable) A surname originating as a patronymic.
   • 2002 January 17, Alina Tugend, “Reaching Out, With Cheek, to Young Jewish Readers”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[1], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 January 2023:

     Elisheva Lambert called herself a “totally neurotic Jew from Toronto who is doing everything my parents didn’t want me to. […]”

   • 2020 April 27, Meg Medina, “A Deaf Girl Finds Her Voice on Martha's Vineyard in the 19th Century”, in The New York Times Book Review‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 December 2022:

     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).

3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A town in Quitman County, Mississippi.
   2. An inactive village in Scott County, Missouri.
   3. A settlement in Richland County, Montana.
   4. A town in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.
   5. A township in Red Lake County, Minnesota.
4. (uncountable) A crater in Moon; A lunar impact crater.

Derived terms

• Beer-Lambert-Bouguer law
• Beer-Lambert law
• Eaton-Lambert syndrome
• Glambert
• Lambert-Beer law
• Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
• Lambert-Eaton syndrome
• Lambertian
• Lambertism
• Lambertist
• lambert (L)
• Lambert pine
• Lambert's cosine law
• Lambert's emission law
• Lambert series
• Lambert's law
• Lambertville
• Lambert W function
• Saint-Lambert

Translations

male given name

• Aragonese: Lamberto m
• Belarusian: Лямбэрт m (Ljambert)
• French: Lambert (fr)
• Galician: Lamberto (gl)
• Greek: Λαμπέρτος m (Lampértos)
• Italian: Lamberto (it)
• Latin: Lambertus
• Occitan: Lambèrt m

surname

• Dutch: Lambrecht (nl)
• French: Lambert (fr)
• German: Lambrecht (de)
• Greek: Λαμπέρτου m or f (Lampértou)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lambert is the 329^th 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) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Tramble, tramble

French

Etymology

From Old French Lambert, from Proto-West Germanic *Landaberht, from *land (“land”) +‎ *berht (“bright”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑ̃.bɛʁ/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Lambert m (feminine Lamberte or Lambertine)

1. a male given name of rare modern usage, equivalent to English Lambert
2. a surname, Lambert, originating as a patronymic
3. Lambert: a crater in Moon, Solar System

Derived terms

• lambert (L)

Descendants

• English: Lambert

Anagrams

• trembla