Origin of the name LAM Back

Origin

LAM : (Danish.) Lame. View the LAM results.

LAMB : The name was probably taken from the sign of a lamb at an inn, the young of the sheep kind; Welsh, Llamer, to skip; Gaelic, Leum. The primitive Celtic or Gaelic Lam signified armor, as a dart, a blade, or sword; hence, to lam signified to disable, injure, maim, from which we have lame and limp.

LAMBOURNE : Anciently written in the Cor. Br. Lambron, the inclosure of the round hill; lan being changed into lam, for the sake of the euphony or ease in speaking; from the Welsh Llan, an inclosure, and bryn, a hill.

LAMMA : Welsh, Llamu, to skip, leap, jump; to maim or lam.

LAMPORT : (Cor. Br.) From lam or Ian, a place, and port, a harbor, a place for ships.

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