Lamm Family History
Lamm Name Meaning
German: from Middle High German lamp ‘lamb’ applied as a nickname for a meek and inoffensive person or in some instances as a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of the paschal lamb. Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name or an artificial from German Lamm Yiddish lam ‘lamb’ (compare 1 above). English: variant of Lamb . Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 林 probably based on its Cantonese pronunciation. See Lin
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022