Old French origin
Source-reportedMeaning: “land” + “bright”
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.
Sources for this account (6)
- Wiktionary: LambertCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Greek Wiktionary: LambertCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- French Wiktionary: LambertCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Dutch Wiktionary: LambertCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Polish Wiktionary: LambertCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Turkish Wiktionary: LambertCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

