Given name & surname · also Northern Middle English
Lomax
“pool”·“corners”
Lomax is a surname from Northern Middle English, ultimately from Northumbrian Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lomax is built from elements meaning “pool” and “corners”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Lomax comes from Northern Middle English, and ultimately from Northumbrian Old English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Northern Middle English Lumhalghes, from Northumbrian Old English *Lummhālas, built from Northumbrian Old English *lumm (“pool”) + hālas (“corners”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lomax through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 133
- 133 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1936
- 11 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 1957. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1936. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 154 as a first name in 2020; 9,264 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.
Lomax’s family of names
In English usage, Lomax as a surname has a related form in Lomas. In English usage, Lomax as a surname has a related form in LOOMIS. In Greek usage, Lomax as a surname is a transliteration of Λόμαξ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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