Given name & surname · also Middle English
Lamb
Lamb is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from French.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Lamb comes from Middle English, and ultimately from French.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Lamb as a surname is a short form of Lambert.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1924. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lamb through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1924. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 57,573 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lamb’s family of names
In English usage, Lamb as a surname is a short form of Lambert. In German usage, Lamb has a later derivative in Lamprecht. In German usage, Lamb as a surname has a related form in LAMM.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lamb has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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