Lambert
Masculine · “bright land”
The -bert at the end of Lambert is beorht, bright, and it does not mean shining. In Germanic naming it means famous or renowned, the same way English still says a bright reputation, and it is one of the most productive endings the system had: Albert, Robert, Herbert, Norbert, Gilbert.
How old is the name Lambert?
Lambert first appears in US birth records in 1881 — 144 years ago. The typical Lambert alive today was born around 1939, making them about 86 years old. About 1,400 people named Lambert are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lambert most popular?
Lambert peaked in 1900, reaching #555 nationally. Today it ranks #6803, 6,248 places below that high. See the whole 1900 chart.
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Where it comes from
From land beorht to Lambert
The story of Lambert
Germanic naming reused a small set of elements in almost every possible combination, and beorht was among the most-used second elements; a family could produce an Albert, a Herbert and a Lambert in three generations and the shared ending was the point. Saint Lambert of Maastricht, a seventh-century bishop murdered at Liege, made the name a fixture of the Low Countries, and it is still common in Belgium and the Netherlands. It reached United States records with German, Dutch and Belgian migration and had its best year in 1900. In Haiti and francophone West Africa it remains in current use.
Meaning
bright land, renowned in the land
From Germanic land, land or territory, and beorht, bright, famous or renowned. The second element is the same one in Albert, Robert, Herbert and Egbert, and its sense in a name is fame rather than illumination. The compound therefore means something like renowned across the country.
How the name formed
- land beorht
- Landbert
- Lambert
Related forms: Lambert · Lambert · Lambert · Lamberto
Pronouncing Lambert
LAM-burt
Two syllables with the stress on the first. French says lahm-BAIR with the weight at the end and a silent t, which sounds like a different name.
Nicknames for Lambert
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1881
- Most boys named
- 191688 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #555reached in 1900
- Change vs 2022
- +20.0%12 in 2025, from 10
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lambert in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lambert in German — same name
- Lambert in Dutch — same name
- Lambert in French — same name
- Lamberto in Italian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Lamberts among us
people named Lambert are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 142,340 born in 2025 was named Lambert
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Lambert sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Lambert beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lambert in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Two settled Germanic elements and a documented seventh-century saint.
- Bert is available as a completely ordinary short form.
- Recognized across Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
- In American ears it reads as an early-twentieth-century name.
- French and English say it very differently.
- It is close to Lambeth and Lamar and gets confused with both.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lamberts are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Lambert are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lambert in 2025?
- Lambert ranks #6803 among US boy names in 2025, with 12 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lambert?
- About 1 in every 142,340 US boys born in 2025 was named Lambert — 12 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lambert with classmates?
- Lambert will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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