Lambert (name)
Lambert is an English and French given name and surname. It is from the Low German form of the anthroponymic name Landberht from the Old High German land " land" and beraht "bright".
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. variant forms include : Lamberty, Lambertot, Lamberton.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 36.1% of all known bearers of the surname Lambert were residents of the United States, 26.4% of France, 8.5% of England, 7.3% of Canada, 4.9% of Belgium, 2.8% of Australia, 2.4% of Nigeria, 1.5% of Germany and 1.4% of South Africa.In Belgium, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average only in one region: Wallonia.
In France, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following regions:
- 1. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- 2. Pays de la Loire
- 3. Grand Est
- 4. Normandy
- 5. Centre-Val de Loire
- 6. Guadeloupe
- 7. French Guiana
- 8. Hauts-de-France
People with the given name
- Lambert, Bishop of Ostia, became Pope Honorius II
- Lambert, Margrave of Tuscany, also count and duke of Lucca
- Lambert , German pianist
- Lambert le Bègue, 12th century Belgian priest
- Lambert de Monte, also known as Lambert of Cologne, Dutch scholastic and Thomist
- Lambert of Ardres, 12th century French chronicler
- Lambert of Cologne, also known as Lambert de Monte, Dutch scholastic and thomist
- Lambert of Gallura, giudice of Gallura, Sardinia
- Lambert of Hersfeld, Thuringian chronicler
- Lambert of Maastricht, bishop, saint, and martyr
- Lambert of St-Bertin or Lambert of St-Omer, medieval encyclopedist
- Lambert I of Leuven, count of Leuven
- Lambert II, Count of Leuven, count of Leuven
- Lambert I of Nantes, count of Nantes and duke of Spolete
- Lambert II of Nantes, count of Nantes
- Lambert III of Nantes, pretender to the County of Nantes
- Lambert I of Spoleto, duke and margrave of Spoleto
- Lambert II of Spoleto, Holy Roman Emperor
- Lambert II, Count of Lens, count of Lens
- Lambert Adelot, Belgian field hockey player
- Lambert Amon Tanoh, Ivorian politician
- Lambert Bartak, American organist
- Lambert Beauduin, Belgian monk, founder of Chevetogne Abbey, Belgium
- Lambert Blackwell Larking, English clergyman and antiquarian
- Lambert Bos, Dutch scholar
- Lambert Cadwalader, American merchant
- Lambert Daneau, French jurist and Calvinist theologian
- Lambert Ferri, trouvère and cleric at the monastery at Saint-Léonard, Pas-de-Calais
- Lambert Folkers, Nova Scotia politician
- Lambert Grimaldi, Lord of Monaco
- Lambert Hamel, German actor
- Lambert Heinrich von Babo, German chemist
- Lambert Hillyer, American director and screenwriter
- Lambert Hitchcock, American furniture manufacturer
- Lambert Lombard, painter and architect from the Low Countries
- Lambert Mascarenhas, 20th century Indian journalist
- Lambert McKenna, Irish scholar, editor and lexicographer
- Lambert Meertens, Dutch computer scientist
- Lambert Murphy, American tenor
- Lambert Quetelet, alternate name of Adolphe Quételet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist
- Lambert Redd, American athlete
- Lambert Schaus, Luxembourgian politician
- Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor
- Lambert Simnel, child pretender to the throne of England
- Lambert Sustris, Dutch painter
- Lambert van Nistelrooij, Dutch politician
- Lambert of Vence, Bishop and saint
- Lambert Verdonk, Dutch football player
- Sir Lambert Ward, 1st Baronet, British politician
- Lambert Wickes, American Continental Navy Captain
- Lambert Wilson, French actor
People with the surname
A
- Adam Lambert, American recording artist, stage actor
- Adelaide Lambert, American swimmer
- Adrian Lambert, English bassist and songwriter
- Adrien Lambert, Canadian politician
- Alain Lambert, French politician
- Albert Bond Lambert, American aviator
- Albert Edward Lambert, British architect
- Alice Elinor Lambert, American writer
- Alison Lambert, British clarinetist
- Allen Lambert, Canadian banker
- Andrew Lambert, English historian
- Angela Lambert, British journalist
- Anne Louise Lambert, Australian actress
- Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, Marquise de Lambert, French writer and salonnière
- Annie Lambert, British actress
- Sir Anthony Lambert, British ambassador
- August Lambert, German Luftwaffe fighter ace
- Aylmer Bourke Lambert, British botanist
B
- Bob Lambert , Irish cricketer
- Bob Lambert , English member of the Special Demonstration Squad and academic
- Bob Lambert , American media executive with The Walt Disney Company
- Brad Lambert , American football coach
- Brian Lambert , English footballer
C
- Cecil Lambert, British admiral
- Charles de Lambert, any of several people of the same name
- Charles Lambert
- Charles Lucien Lambert, American composer
- Chris Lambert
- Christophe Lambert
- Christopher Lambert
- Claude Lambert, Canadian boxer
- Clayton Lambert, Guyana cricketer
- Cliff Lambert, English rugby league footballer of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s
- Cody Lambert, American rodeo rider
- Constant Lambert, British composer
- Craig Lambert, Australian rules footballer
D
- Dan Lambert, Canadian ice hockey player
- Daniel Lambert, British prison keeper, famous for his obesity
- David Lambert, any of several people with this name
- Denis Lambert, Canadian boxer
- Denny Lambert, Canadian ice hockey player
- Derek Lambert, any of several people of the same name
- Diane Lambert, American statistician
- Dion Lambert, American football player
- Donald Lambert, American jazz stride pianist
- Dorothea Lambert Chambers, British tennis player
E
- E. M. Lambert, American college football coach
- Eddie J. Lambert, Louisiana politician
- Edie Lambert, American television journalist
- Eleanor Lambert, American fashion pioneer
- Eleanor Lambert , South Africa and Natal Test cricketer
- Elizabeth Lambert, maiden name of Jane Shore, mistress of King Edward IV of England
- Elizabeth Lambert, pen name of contemporary author Penelope Williamson
- Eric Lambert , Australian author
- Eric Lambert , English footballer
- Eric Lambert , Belgian footballer
- Erwin Lambert, Nazi SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator
- Eugene Lambert, Irish puppeteer
F
- Francis Lambert, French Protestant theologian
- Frank Lambert :
- * Frank L. Lambert, professor emeritus of chemistry at Occidental College, Los Angeles
- * Franklin T. Lambert, professor of history at Purdue University
- * Frank Lambert, Director of the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 1933 to 1953
- * Frank Lambert , French American inventor
- * Frank Lambert , American football punter
- Franz Lambert, German composer and organist
G
- Gary Lambert, American politician
- Garry Lambert, contemporary Australian politician
- Gavin Lambert British American screenwriter, novelist and biographer
- Geert Lambert, Belgian politician
- Geoffrey Lambert, a Progressive Conservative Party candidate in the 2000 Canadian federal election
- George Lambert, any of several people of the same name
- Gordon Lambert, Irish art collector
- Graham Lambert, member of the band Inspiral Carpets
- Grant Lambert, Australian cricketer
- Greg Lambert
- Gustave Lambert, French hydrographer and navigator
H
- Ham Lambert, Irish cricketer and Rugby Union player
- Hans Lambert, Austrian chess player
- Harold Lambert, any of several people of the same name
- Harry Lambert, Australian cricketer
- Henri Lambert, Belgian engineer and glass works owner
I
- Isaac Cowley Lambert, British solicitor and Conservative Member of Parliament.
J
- Jack Lambert, any of several people of the same name
- Jacques Lambert, French architect
- Jane Lambert, maiden name of Jane Shore, mistress of King Edward IV of England
- Janet Lambert, American playwright
- Jason Lambert, American mixed martial artist
- Jean Lambert, politician
- Jenna Lambert, Canadian disabled swimmer
- Jérôme Lambert, French politician
- Jerry Lambert, any of several people of the same name
- Johann Heinrich Lambert, mathematician and physicist
- John Lambert, any of several people of the same name
- John Lambert of Creg Clare, Irish soldier and Royalist
- Johnny Woodly Lambert, Costa Rican footballer
- Joseph-François Lambert,, French adventurer and diplomate
- Joseph Malet Lambert, English Canon of York
- Joyce Lambert, English botanist and stratigrapher
K
- Karel Lambert, philosopher and logician
- Karl Lambert, Russian general
- Kathy Lambert, contemporary American politician
- Ken Lambert, English footballer
- Kent Lambert, contemporary American politician
- Kit Lambert, English record producer
L
- Lane Lambert, Canadian ice hockey player
- Laura Lambert, alternate name of Russian spy Elena Miller
- Lillian Lincoln Lambert, American businesswoman
- Lisa Lambert, Canadian actress, writer and composer
- Lisa Lambert, Canadian politician
- Lisa Michelle Lambert, an American convicted murderer
- Louis Lambert, American politician
- Rev. Dr. Louis A. Lambert, Irish-American cleric, newspaper publisher and Volapükologists.
M
- Marcel Lambert, Canadian politician
- Marie Lambert, Swiss motorcycle racer
- Margaret Bergmann Lambert, German athlete
- Marjorie F. Lambert, American anthropologist and archaeologist
- Mark Lambert, any of several people of the same name
- Mary Lambert , American director
- Mary Lambert , American singer-songwriter
- Melanie Lambert and Fred Palascak, pair ice skating team
- Mercedes Lambert, pseudonym of Douglas Anne Munson, attorney, teacher and writer
- Michael Lambert, any of several people of the same name
- Michelle Lambert, American pop singer
- Michel Lambert, French singing master, theorbist and composer
- Mick Lambert, British football player
- Mieszko II Lambert, king of Poland
- Miranda Lambert, American country music singer
- Moy Lambert, Dutch vice admiral
N
- Nadine Lambert, American psychology professor
- Nathalie Lambert, Canadian short-track speed skater
- Neal E. Lambert, American professor of literature
- Nicolas-Eustache Lambert Dumont, Canadian seigneur
- Nigel Lambert, British actor
- Norman Platt Lambert, Canadian politician
P
- Paul Lambert, any of several people of the same name
- Paula Lambert, American cook
- Pee Wee Lambert, American mandolinist
- Percy E. Lambert, car racer, first person to cover a hundred miles in an hour
- Peter Lambert, any of several people with this name
- Phyllis Lambert, Canadian millionaire and philanthropist
- Pierre Lambert, French trotskyist
- Pierre Lambert de la Motte, French bishop and founding member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society
- Piggy Lambert, American basketball coach
R
- Rachel Lambert Mellon, American philanthropist and art collector
- Rae Lambert, 20th century British author
- Raoul Lambert, Belgian football player
- Ray Lambert, Welsh football player
- Raymond Lambert, Swiss climber
- Rickie Lambert, English football player
- Richard Lambert, British businessman
- Richard Lambert , Canadian handball player
- Richard S. Lambert, Canadian author
- Rudy Lambert, American member of the California Communist Party
S
- S. H. Lambert, pen name of British writer Stephen Southwold
- Samuel M. Lambert, American president of the National Education Association during the administration of Richard M. Nixon
- Sarah Lambert, Australian actor and producer
- Scrappy Lambert, American jazz band vocalist
- Sep Lambert, Irish cricketer
- Sheela Lambert, American civil rights activist
- Simon Lambert, any of several people of the same name
- Stephen Lambert, any of several people of the same name
- Steve Lambert , American artist
T
- Thomas Lambert, any of several people with this name
- Tony Lambert, 20th century British diplomat
V
- Verity Lambert, British television producer
W
- Ward Lambert, American college basketball coach
- Wilfred G. Lambert, British archaeologist
- William Lambert, any of several people of the same name
Y
- Yumi Lambert, Belgian fashion model
- Yves Lambert, French aerospace engineer
- Yvon Lambert, 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
- 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 of "Supernatural"
- Joan Lambert, character from the 1979 film Alien