Lambert (name)

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

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 (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
  • 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, a 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
  • Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777), mathematician and physicist
  • 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 (b. 1980), Costa Rican footballer
  • Joseph-François Lambert, (1824–1873), French adventurer and diplomate
  • 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

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 during the administration of Richard M. Nixon
  • 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, 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

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. Hans Bahlow: 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
  4. DAUZAT
  5. Lambert surname distribution
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