English: habitational name from Lambeth, now part of Greater
London, named in Old English as ‘lamb hithe’, from Old English
lamb ‘lamb’ + h¯th ‘hithe’, ‘landing place’, i.e. a
place where lambs were put on board boat or taken ashore, no doubt in
order to supply the meat markets of London on the other side of the
river Thames.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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