English and German: from Middle English lamb, Middle
High German lamp ‘lamb’; a nickname for a meek and inoffensive
person, or a metonymic occupational name for a keeper of lambs. As a
German name particularly, it may also have been a habitational name
for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of the
paschal lamb.English: from a short form of the personal name
Lambert.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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