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) in Wallonia (1:296).

In France, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:765) in the following regions: ^[5]

• 1. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (1:447)
• 2. Pays de la Loire (1:508)
• 3. Grand Est (1:560)
• 4. Normandy (1:573)
• 5. Centre-Val de Loire (1:661)
• 6. Guadeloupe (1:670)
• 7. French Guiana (1:677)
• 8. Hauts-de-France (1:715)

People with the given name

• Lambert, Bishop of Ostia (c. 1036–1130), became Pope Honorius II
• Lambert, Margrave of Tuscany (fl. 929–931), also count and duke of Lucca
• Lambert (pianist) (fl. 2014), stage name of German pianist Paul Lambert
• Lambert le Bègue, 12th century Belgian priest
• Lambert de Monte, also known as Lambert of Cologne (1430/5–1499), Dutch scholastic and Thomist
• Lambert of Ardres, (c. 1160–after 1203) 12th century French chronicler
• Lambert of Cologne, also known as Lambert de Monte (1430/5–1499), Dutch scholastic and thomist
• Lambert of Gallura (died 1225), giudice of Gallura, Sardinia
• Lambert of Hersfeld (c. 1024–c. 1088), Thuringian chronicler
• Lambert of Maastricht (c. 636 – c. 700), bishop, saint, and martyr
• Lambert of St-Bertin or Lambert of St-Omer (c. 1060–1125), medieval encyclopedist
• Lambert I of Leuven (c. 950–1015), count of Leuven
• Lambert II, Count of Leuven (1041–1063), count of Leuven
• Lambert I of Nantes (fl. 818–836), count of Nantes and duke of Spolete
• Lambert II of Nantes (fl. 843–851), count of Nantes
• Lambert III of Nantes (fl. 851–862), pretender to the County of Nantes
• Lambert I of Spoleto (died 880), duke and margrave of Spoleto
• Lambert II of Spoleto (c. 880–898), Holy Roman Emperor
• Lambert II, Count of Lens (died 1054), count of Lens
• Lambert Adelot (born 1898, date of death unknown), Belgian field hockey player
• Lambert Amon Tanoh (1926–2022), Ivorian politician
• Lambert Bartak, American organist
• Lambert Beauduin (1873–1960), Belgian monk, founder of Chevetogne Abbey, Belgium
• Lambert Blackwell Larking (1797–1868), English clergyman and antiquarian
• Lambert Bos (1670–1717), Dutch scholar
• Lambert Cadwalader (1742–1823), American merchant
• Lambert Croux (1927–2020), Belgian politician
• Lambert Daneau (c.1535–c.1590), French jurist and Calvinist theologian
• Lambert Ferri (fl. c. 1250–1300), trouvère and cleric at the monastery at Saint-Léonard, Pas-de-Calais
• Lambert Folkers (died 1761), Nova Scotia politician
• Lambert Grimaldi (1420–1494), Lord of Monaco
• Lambert Hamel (born 1940), German actor
• Lambert Heinrich von Babo (1818–1899), German chemist
• Lambert Hillyer (1889–1969), American director and screenwriter
• Lambert Hitchcock (1795–1852), American furniture manufacturer
• Lambert Lombard (1505–1566), painter and architect from the Low Countries
• Lambert Mascarenhas, 20th century Indian journalist
• Lambert McKenna (1870–1956), Irish scholar, editor and lexicographer
• Lambert Meertens (born 1944), Dutch computer scientist
• Lambert Murphy (1885–1954), American tenor
• Lambert Quetelet (1796–1874), alternate name of Adolphe Quételet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist
• Lambert Redd (1908–1986), American athlete
• Lambert Schaus (1908–1976), Luxembourgian politician
• Lambert-Sigisbert Adam (1700–1759), French sculptor
• Lambert Simnel (c. 1477–c. 1525), child pretender to the throne of England
• Lambert Sustris (c. 1515–20–c. 1584), Dutch painter
• Lambert van Nistelrooij (born 1953), Dutch politician
• Lambert of Vence (1084–1154), Bishop and saint
• Lambert Verdonk (born 1944), Dutch football player
• Sir Lambert Ward, 1st Baronet (1875–1956), British politician
• Lambert Wickes (1735–1777), American Continental Navy Captain
• Lambert Wilson (born 1958), French actor

People with the surname

A

• Adam Lambert (born 1982), American recording artist, stage actor
• Adelaide Lambert (1907–1996), American swimmer
• Adrian Lambert (born 1972), English bassist and songwriter
• Adrien Lambert (1913–2003), Canadian politician
• Alain Lambert (born 1946), French politician
• Albert Bond Lambert (1875–1946), American aviator
• Albert Edward Lambert (1870–1929), British architect
• Alice Elinor Lambert (1886–1981), American writer
• Alison Lambert (born 1977), British clarinetist
• Allen Lambert (1911–2002), Canadian banker
• Andrew Lambert (born 1951), English historian
• Angela Lambert (1940–2007), British journalist
• Ann Lambert (born 1957), Canadian playwright and author
• Anne Louise Lambert (born 1955), Australian actress
• Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, Marquise de Lambert (1647–1733), French writer
• Annie Lambert (born 1946), British actress
• Sir Anthony Lambert (1911–2007), British ambassador
• August Lambert (1916–1945), German Luftwaffe fighter ace
• Aylmer Bourke Lambert (1761–1842), British botanist

B

• Benjamin Lambert (1937–2014), American optometrist and politician
• Bob Lambert (cricketer) (1874–1956), Irish cricketer
• Bob Lambert (academic) (born 1952), English member of the Special Demonstration Squad and academic
• Bob Lambert (executive) (c. 1957–2012), American media executive with The Walt Disney Company
• Brad Lambert (American football) (born 1965), American football coach
• Brian Lambert (footballer, born 1936) (1936–2007), English footballer

C

• Cecil Lambert, (1864–1928) British admiral
• Charles de Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
• Charles Lambert (disambiguation)
• Charles Lucien Lambert (1828–1896), American composer
• Chris Lambert (disambiguation)
• Christophe Lambert (disambiguation)
• Christopher Lambert (disambiguation)
• Claude Lambert (born 1969), Canadian boxer
• Clayton Lambert (born 1952), Guyana cricketer
• Cliff Lambert, English rugby league footballer of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s
• Cody Lambert (born 1961), American rodeo rider
• Constant Lambert (1905–1951), British composer
• Craig Lambert (born 1968), Australian rules footballer

D

• Dan Lambert (born 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 (born 1961), Canadian boxer
• Denny Lambert (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player
• Derek Lambert, British writer
• 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

• E. M. Lambert (1905–2000), American college football coach
• Eddie J. Lambert (born 1956), Louisiana politician
• Edie Lambert (born 1968), American television journalist
• Eleanor Lambert (1903–2003), American fashion pioneer
• Eleanor Lambert (cricketer) (died 1994), South Africa and Natal Test cricketer
• Elizabeth Lambert, maiden name of Jane Shore (c. 1445–c. 1527), mistress of King Edward IV
• Elizabeth Lambert, pen name of contemporary author Penelope Williamson
• Emmanuelle Lambert (born 1975), French writer
• Eric Lambert (author) (1918–1966), Australian author
• Eric Lambert (English footballer) (1920–1979), English footballer
• Eric Lambert (Belgian footballer) (1936–2020), Belgian footballer
• Erwin Lambert (1909–1976), Nazi SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator
• Eugene Lambert (fl. 1960–1990), Irish puppeteer

F

• Francis Lambert (c. 1486–1530), French Protestant theologian
• Francis E. Lambert (1860–1924), American politician and lawyer
• Frank Lambert (disambiguation):
  • Frank L. Lambert (1918–2018), professor emeritus of chemistry at Occidental College, Los Angeles
  • Franklin T. Lambert (fl.1990), professor of history at Purdue University
  • Frank Lambert (curator), Director of the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 1933 to 1953
  • Frank Lambert (inventor) (1851–1937), French American inventor
  • Frank Lambert (American football) (born 1943), American football punter
• Franz Lambert (born 1948), German composer and organist

G

• Gary Lambert (politician), American politician
• Garry Lambert, contemporary Australian politician
• Gavin Lambert (1924–2005) British American screenwriter, novelist and biographer
• Geert Lambert (born 1968), Belgian politician
• Geoffrey Lambert, 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 (born 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 (sportsman) (1918–1995), Australian cricketer
• Henri Lambert (1872–1934), Belgian engineer and glass works owner

I

• Isaac Cowley Lambert (1850–1909), British solicitor and Conservative Member of Parliament.

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 (born 1977), American mixed martial artist
• Jean Lambert (born 1950), politician
• Jenna Lambert (born 1991), Canadian disabled swimmer
• Jérôme Lambert (born 1957), French politician
• Jerry Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
• Jim Lambert, American sportswriter
• Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777), Swiss polymath
• 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 (born 1980), Costa Rican footballer
• Joseph Charles Lambert (known as J. C. Lambert) (c. 1803–1875), English comic actor who had a significant career in Australia
• Joseph-François Lambert, (1824–1873), French adventurer and diplomat
• Joseph Malet Lambert (1853–1931), English Canon of York
• Joyce Lambert (1916–2005), English botanist and stratigrapher

K

• Karel Lambert (born 1928), philosopher and logician
• Karl Lambert (1815–1865), Russian general
• Kathy Lambert, contemporary American politician
• Ken Lambert (1928–2002), English footballer
• Kent Lambert, contemporary American politician
• Kit Lambert (1935–1981), English record producer

L

• Lane Lambert (born 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 (disambiguation)
• 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) (born 1951), American director
• Mary Lambert (singer) (born 1989), American singer-songwriter
• Mayer Lambert (1863–1930), French orientalist
• Melanie Lambert and Fred Palascak (born 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 (born 1985), American pop singer
• Michel Lambert (1610–1696), French singing master, theorbist and composer
• Mick Lambert (born 1950), British football player
• Mieszko II Lambert (990–1034), king of Poland
• Miranda Lambert (born 1983), American country music singer
• Moy Lambert (1550–1625), Dutch vice admiral

N

• Nadine Lambert (1926–2006), American psychology professor
• Nathalie Lambert (born 1963), Canadian short-track speed skater
• Neal E. Lambert (born 1934), American professor of literature
• Nicolas-Eustache Lambert Dumont (1767–1835), Canadian seigneur
• Nigel Lambert (born 1944), British actor
• Norman Platt Lambert (1885–1965), Canadian politician

P

• Paul Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
• Paula Lambert (born 1943), American cook
• Pee Wee Lambert (1924–1965), American mandolinist
• Percy E. Lambert (1881–1913), car racer, first person to cover a hundred miles in an hour
• Peter Lambert, any of several people with this name
• Phyllis Lambert (born 1927), Canadian millionaire and philanthropist
• Pierre Lambert (1920–2008), French trotskyist
• Pierre Lambert de la Motte (1624–1679), French bishop and founding member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society
• Piggy Lambert (1888–1958), American basketball coach

R

• Rachel Lambert Mellon (1910–2014), American philanthropist and art collector
• Rae Lambert, 20th century British author
• Raoul Lambert (born 1944), Belgian football player
• Ray Lambert (1922–2009), Welsh football player
• Raymond Lambert (1914–1997), Swiss climber
• Rickie Lambert (born 1982), English football player
• Richard Lambert (born 1944), British businessman
• Richard Lambert (handballer) (born 1948), Canadian handball player
• Richard S. Lambert (1894–1981), Canadian author
• Robert Lambert (speedway rider) (born 1998), British speedway rider
• Robert-Hugues Lambert (1908–1945), French actor
• Rudy Lambert (fl. 1940s), American member of the California Communist Party

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
• Sarah Lambert (born 1970), Australian actor and producer
• Scrappy Lambert (1901–1987), American jazz band vocalist
• Sep Lambert (1876–1959), Irish cricketer
• Sheela Lambert (born 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) (born 1976), American artist

T

• Thomas Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people with this name
• Tony Lambert, 20th century British diplomat

V

• Verity Lambert (1935–2007), British television producer

W

• Walter Davis Lambert (1879–1968), American geodesist
• 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

• Yumi Lambert (born 1995), Belgian fashion model
• Yves Lambert (1936–2021), French aerospace engineer
• Yvon Lambert (born 1950), Canadian ice hockey player
• Yvonne Lambert, member of the band The Octopus Project

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
• Garrett Lambert, character from the American television series Community
• 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
• Mr. Lambert, Walter White’s fake identity in Breaking Bad
• Lambert, character from the 2022 game Cult of the Lamb
• Lambert, character from "The Witcher" franchise

See also

• Lamberg
• Lambertus
• Lampert
• Lamprecht (surname)

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

External links

• The Lambert Surname (part of the Lambert DNA Project site)