Given name & surname
Lot
“covering”
Lot is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in English, Czech, and Old Czech.
Original Hebrewלוט
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Lot means “covering.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1884. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Lot appears in Genesis 11:27, Genesis 14:18, Luke 17:28-32.
- Genesis 11:27
- Genesis 14:18
- Luke 17:28-32
From biblical name research
Lot through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 62
- 62 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 8 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 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 482 as a first name in 2020; 388 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.
Lot’s family of names
In German usage, Lot as a surname has a related form in LOTH.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Lot
- Lot M. MorrillAmerican politician (1813-1883)
- Lot ThomasAmerican politician (1843-1905)
- Lot JonesWelsh footballer (1882-1941)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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