Lambert

See also lambert

English

Etymology

Old High German lant (“land”) + beraht (“bright”), a saint's name (of a Bishop of Maastricht) brought to England by Normans, and partly merged with a corresponding Old English name.

Proper noun

Lambert

1. A male given name; in modern use partly transferred back from the surname.
2. A patronymic surname.
3. A lunar impact crater.

Quotations

• 1597 William Shakespeare: Richard II: Act I, Scene I :

  At Coventry, upon Saint Lambert's day:

  There shall your swords and lances arbitrate

  The swelling difference of your settled hate

Translations

male given name

• French: Lambert (fr)

• Italian: Lamberto (it)

surname

• French: Lambert (fr)

External links

• Lambert (lunar crater) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Lambert (lunar crater)

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French

Proper noun

Lambert m

1. A male given name, cognate to English Lambert. Rather rare today.
2. A patronymic surname.

Anagrams

• trembla