The lamb Surname
lamb Name Meaning and History
- English: from Middle English lamb, a nickname for a meek and inoffensive person, or a metonymic occupational name for a keeper of lambs. See also Lamm.
- English: from a short form of the personal name Lambert.
- Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luain (see Lane 3). MacLysaght comments: ‘The form Lamb(e), which results from a more than usually absurd pseudo-translation (uan ‘lamb’), is now much more numerous than O’Loan itself.’
- Possibly also a translation of French agneau.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| LAMB, Ann | Colleen | 5 |
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| Lamb in north Monaghan..Ireland |
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| William/Margaret LAMB/NBL/DUR/UK. |
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| Isaac Lamb and the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 |
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| Any Family In The World? Let Me Know! | Charles John Lamb | 28 |
| Jeremiah LAMB, Madison Co., KENTUCKY | J. Douglas Lamb | 16 |
| Isom Lamb b. 1823 Clinton Co,OH m. Everhart | Tim Schoppenhorst | 3 |
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