Lambert (name)

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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]

Geographical distribution[]

As of 2014, 36.1% of all known bearers of the surname Lambert were residents of the United States (frequency 1:3,039), 26.4% of France (1:765), 8.5% of England (1:1,983), 7.3% of Canada (1:1,533), 4.9% of Belgium (1:705), 2.8% of Australia (1:2,604), 2.4% of Nigeria (1:22,741), 1.5% of Germany (1:16,231) and 1.4% of South Africa (1:12,113).

In Belgium, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:705) only in one region: Wallonia (1:296).

In France, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:765) in the following regions:[5]

People with the given name[]

People with the surname[]

A[]

B[]

C[]

  • Cecil Lambert, (1864–1928) British admiral
  • Charles de Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
  • Charles Lambert (disambiguation)
  • Charles Lucien Lambert (1828–1896), American composer
  • Chris Lambert (disambiguation)
  • Christophe Lambert (disambiguation)
  • Christopher Lambert (disambiguation)
  • Claude Lambert (b. 1969), Canadian boxer
  • Clayton Lambert (b. 1952), Guyana cricketer
  • Cliff Lambert, English rugby league footballer of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s
  • Cody Lambert (b. 1961), American rodeo rider
  • Constant Lambert (1905–1951), British composer
  • Craig Lambert (b. 1968), Australian rules footballer

D[]

  • Dan Lambert (b. 1970), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Daniel Lambert (1770–1809), British prison keeper, famous for his obesity
  • David Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people with this name
  • Denis Lambert (b. 1961), Canadian boxer
  • Denny Lambert (b. 1970), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Derek Lambert, British writer
  • Diane Lambert, American statistician
  • Dion Lambert (born 1969), American football player
  • Donald Lambert (1904–1962), American jazz stride pianist
  • Dorothea Lambert Chambers (1878–1960), British tennis player

E[]

F[]

G[]

  • Gary Lambert (politician), American politician
  • Garry Lambert, contemporary Australian politician
  • Gavin Lambert (1924–2005) British American screenwriter, novelist and biographer
  • Geert Lambert (b. 1968), Belgian politician
  • Geoffrey Lambert, Progressive Conservative Party candidate in the 2000 Canadian federal election
  • George Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
  • Gordon Lambert (1919–2005), Irish art collector
  • Graham Lambert, member of the band Inspiral Carpets
  • Grant Lambert (b. 1977), Australian cricketer
  • Greg Lambert (disambiguation)
  • Gustave Lambert (1824– 71), French hydrographer and navigator

H[]

  • Ham Lambert (1910–2006), Irish cricketer and Rugby Union player
  • Hans Lambert (1928–unknown), Austrian chess player
  • Harold Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
  • Harry Lambert (1918–1995), Australian cricketer
  • Henri Lambert (1872–1934), Belgian engineer and glass works owner

I[]

J[]

  • Jack Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
  • Jacques Lambert (1891–1947), French architect
  • Jane Lambert, maiden name of Jane Shore (c. 1445–c. 1527), mistress of King Edward IV of England
  • Janet Lambert (1893–1973), American playwright
  • Jason Lambert (b. 1977), American mixed martial artist
  • Jean Lambert (b. 1950), politician
  • Jenna Lambert (born 1991), Canadian disabled swimmer
  • Jérôme Lambert (b. 1957), French politician
  • Jerry Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
  • Jim Lambert, American sportswriter
  • Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777), Swiss polymath
  • John Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
  • John Lambert of Creg Clare (1645 – c.1669), Irish soldier and Royalist
  • Johnny Woodly Lambert (born 1980), Costa Rican footballer
  • Joseph Charles Lambert (known as J. C. Lambert) (c. 1803–1875), English comic actor who had a significant career in Australia
  • Joseph-François Lambert, (1824–1873), French adventurer and diplomat
  • Joseph Malet Lambert (1853–1931), English Canon of York
  • Joyce Lambert (1916–2005), English botanist and stratigrapher

K[]

L[]

  • Lane Lambert (b. 1964), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Laura Lambert, alternate name of Russian spy Elena Miller
  • Lillian Lincoln Lambert (fl. 1967–2001), American businesswoman
  • Lisa Lambert, Canadian actress, writer and composer
  • Lisa Lambert (politician), Canadian politician
  • Lisa Michelle Lambert, an American convicted murderer
  • Louis Lambert (b. 1940), American politician
  • Rev. Dr. Louis A. Lambert (1835–1910), Irish-American cleric, newspaper publisher and Volapükologists
  • Lucien-Léon Guillaume Lambert, French pianist and composer.

M[]

  • Marcel Lambert (1919–2000), Canadian politician
  • Marie Lambert (1935–1961), Swiss motorcycle racer
  • Margaret Bergmann Lambert (1914–2017), German athlete
  • Marjorie F. Lambert (1908–2006), American anthropologist and archaeologist
  • Mark Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
  • Mary Lambert (director) (b. 1951), American director
  • Mary Lambert (singer) (b. 1989), American singer-songwriter
  • Melanie Lambert and Fred Palascak (b. 1974 and 1975 respectively), pair ice skating team
  • Mercedes Lambert, pseudonym of Douglas Anne Munson (1948–2004), attorney, teacher and writer
  • Michael Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
  • Michelle Lambert (b. 1985), American pop singer
  • Michel Lambert (1610–1696), French singing master, theorbist and composer
  • Mick Lambert (b. 1950), British football player
  • Mieszko II Lambert (990–1034), king of Poland
  • Miranda Lambert (b. 1983), American country music singer
  • Moy Lambert (1550–1625), Dutch vice admiral

N[]

P[]

  • Paul Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
  • Paula Lambert (b. 1943), American cook
  • Pee Wee Lambert (1924–1965), American mandolinist
  • Percy E. Lambert (1881–1913), car racer, first person to cover a hundred miles in an hour
  • Peter Lambert, any of several people with this name
  • Phyllis Lambert (b. 1927), Canadian millionaire and philanthropist
  • Pierre Lambert (1920–2008), French trotskyist
  • Pierre Lambert de la Motte (1624–1679), French bishop and founding member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society
  • Piggy Lambert (1888–1958), American basketball coach

R[]

S[]

  • S. H. Lambert, pen name of British writer Stephen Southwold (1887–1964)
  • Samuel M. Lambert (1914–1991), American president of the National Education Association
  • Sarah Lambert (b. 1970), Australian actor and producer
  • Scrappy Lambert (1901–1987), American jazz band vocalist
  • Sep Lambert (1876–1959), Irish cricketer
  • Sheela Lambert (b. 1956), American civil rights activist
  • Simon Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
  • Stephen Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
  • Steve Lambert (artist) (b. 1976), American artist

T[]

  • Thomas Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people with this name
  • Tony Lambert, 20th century British diplomat

V[]

W[]

  • Ward Lambert (1888–1958), American college basketball coach
  • Wilfred G. Lambert (1926–2011), British archaeologist
  • William Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name

Y[]

In British peerage[]

  • Viscount Lambert, British peerage title created in 1945
  • Lambert Baronets, British baronetage title created in 1711

Fictional characters[]

  • Alfred, Chip, Denise, Enid, and Gary Lambert, characters in Jonathan Franzen's 2001 novel "The Corrections"
  • Darien Lambert, main character of the series Time Trax
  • Eve Lambert, character from the American television series Port Charles
  • Irving Lambert, a major character in the Splinter Cell franchise
  • Lambert Strether, character from Henry James's 1903 novel The Ambassadors
  • Val Lambert, character from the British soap opera Emmerdale
  • Chuck Lambert, character from Season 1 episode 4 ("Phantom Traveller") of "Supernatural"
  • Joan Lambert, character from the 1979 film Alien
  • , Walters White’s fake identity in Breaking Bad

See also[]

References[]

  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. ^ : 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[1]
  4. ^ DAUZAT
  5. ^ Lambert surname distribution

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