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Lambert¹

  • /ˈlæmbɚt/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle English Lambert, from Old French Lambert, a saint's name (of a Bishop of Maastricht) brought to England by the Normans, from Proto-West Germanic *Landaberht, from *land (“land”) + *berht (“bright”). Cognate with Old English Landbeorht, Old High German Lantbërht, Dutch Lambrecht.

proper noun Lamberts

  1. countable A male given name from the Germanic languages; in modern use partly transferred back from the surname. At Coventry, upon Saint Lambert's day: There shall your swords and lances arbitrate The swelling difference of your settled hate
  2. countable A surname originating as a patronymic. Elisheva Lambert called herself a “totally neurotic Jew from Toronto who is doing everything my parents didn’t want me to.[…]”
  3. countable, uncountable A town in Quitman County, Mississippi.
  4. countable, uncountable An inactive village in Scott County, Missouri.
  5. countable, uncountable A settlement in Richland County, Montana.
  6. countable, uncountable A town in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.
  7. countable, uncountable A township in Red Lake County, Minnesota.
  8. uncountable A crater in Moon; A lunar impact crater.

lambert²

Where it comes from

From Lambert; Named for Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777), a Swiss mathematician, physicist and astronomer.

noun lamberts

  1. a cgs unit of luminance; the brightness of a surface that emits one lumen per square centimetre

    Similar: L

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: l, join, eaton, glowing, bright, radiant, luminous, shining, gleaming, brilliant, scintillating, sparkling, beaming, resplendent, dazzling, effulgent

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name male given name

FrançaisLambert
ItalianoLamberto
ΕλληνικάΛαμπέρτος Lampértos

name surname

FrançaisLambert
DeutschLambrecht
ΕλληνικάΛαμπέρτου Lampértou

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"lambert." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lambert. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Chicago

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@misc{lambert_2026,
  title = {lambert},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lambert},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}