The lama Surname
lama Name Meaning and History
- Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian: topographic name for someone who lived by a marsh, lama (from Latin lama). In some cases the Italian and Spanish name may be habitational, from any of numerous places named with this word.
- Buddhist name found among people from Tibet and Nepal, from Tibetan blama ‘priest’, ‘monk’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 10 - Messages: 47
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Looking for relatives | Mike Lama | 11 |
| Lama Family Board |
 don_lama
| 12 |
| Lama and Ellsworth |
djgregells
| 0 |
| Just trying my luck if I can reach out to all my relatives/ancestors on-line! | Lorda Lama-Rumbaua | 8 |
| William Lamma |
deannach
| 0 |
| 2nd greatgrandfather |
don_lama
| 3 |
| Lama family in Scandinavia | Rebecca Meloy | 0 |
| William Lama-Oregon 1936 | Glenna Bartlett | 1 |
| Irma Lama fr. Illinois | Delaine Kesch Murphy | 0 |
| relatives? |
jradcliffe33
| 2 |
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