Given name

Lamec

“to make small”

Lamec is a given name from Hebrew. It is used in Spanish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Lamec goes back to Hebrew לֶמֶךְ, meaning “to make small.”

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Where it comes from

Lamec comes from Hebrew.

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How it developed

From Hebrew לֶמֶךְ.

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Lamec’s family of names

In Spanish usage, Lamec has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Lamech. In Spanish usage, Lamec has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form LAMEK. In Spanish usage, Lamec has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form LAMEQUE.

Walk Lamec’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Lamec has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.

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5 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 5

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Lamec, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Hebrew · Biblical

Lahmi

“warrior” · “eater”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew

Lapid

“torch”

No U.S. birth series

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Hebrew · Biblical

Laadah

“order” · “festival”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew · Biblical

Amalek

“people that wring”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew

Lázaro

“He has helped”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew

Adamiec

“earth, man, soil, light brown”

No U.S. birth series

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Hebrew

Livni

Livni is a surname from Hebrew.

No U.S. birth series

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Hebrew

Leví

“devoted”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Lamec’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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