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Origin of Lam Total Records: 23  Origin of Lam, Meaning of Lam Origin: My great-great-great grandfather picked the name of Lam for a permanent last name in the Gemeente of Gaasterland, city of Balk on December 24, 1811. My grand-father told me that his father told him that the last name of Lam was chosen because it represented the son of God who taketh away the sins of the world. Surnames: Lam Submitted by: Norman Lam Origin of Lam, Meaning of Lam Origin: Elam by way of Ireland. Surnames: Elam Submitted by: sandy trautman Origin of Lam, Meaning of Lam Origin: I have been told that the my Lamb origins are Dutch. Ancester was a Johann Lamb.I don't know how the name has arrived in Greenock, Scotland yet. Surnames: Lamb Submitted by: Ann Origin of Lam, Meaning of Lam Origin: Two italian brothers came to Argentine from Sicilia or Calabria.One of them go to Italia again .Her only daughter died in an accident.He suicidied.They work with typewritters. Surnames: lamarca Submitted by: mirta lamarca Origin of Lam, Meaning of Lam Origin: Seeking info. on Elijah Lamberson, who lived in NC, later in TN, then MS, then AR \ Seeking info. on Elijah Lamberson who was born in NC, later moved to TN, then MS, then to AR. Surnames: Lamberson Submitted by: Morris Lamberson Origin of Lam, Meaning of Lam Origin: My father, David Lamecker, is the first child of Leo and Delores (Hinderman) Lamecker. I have a lot of information that is NOT listed in this site. So feel free to contact me if needed.. Surnames: Lamecker Submitted by: Jill Eklund (Lamecker) Origin of Lam, Meaning of Lam Origin: Several origins are mentioned in a family history book published near the beginning of the 20th C. Llan bron is one such, coming from Welsh/Cymric for a fortified enclosure on a hill top. Other ideas suggest a French origin, but this seems to make the most sense in the larger sense of Lamborn history. Surnames: Lamborn Submitted by: Origin of Lam, Meaning of Lam Origin: A very powerful, wealthy and royal family in Poland in the mid 1500s. Their reign over much of Poland still continues today, with many people admiring them, and treating them liek royalty, for they have mcuh control. Surnames: Lamparski Submitted by: Alex Lampsrki Origin of Lam, Meaning of Lam Origin: "The Sea" of French ancestry Surnames: LaMar, DeLaMar Submitted by: Deborah J. LaMar Origin of Lam, Meaning of Lam Origin: From adel, fine, noble, and ham, a village or castle. Adelham, contracted to Adlam. Surnames: Adlam Submitted by: Origin of Lam, Meaning of Lam Origin: Lambertson Son of Lambert Lambert English origin means shepherd Surnames: Lambertson Submitted by: glitz Origin of Lam, Meaning of Lam Origin: Actually derived from 2 words ?La? and ?Manna? often spelt with a capital M (LaManna) Hebrew: man-hu, meaning: "What is that?" The name given by the Israelites to the food miraculously supplied to them during their wanderings in the wilderness (Ex. 16:15-35) Probably derived from ?manan?, meaning "to allot," and hence denoting an "allotment" or a "gift." Jesus refers to the manna when he calls himself the "true bread from heaven" (John 6:31-35; 48-51). He is also the "hidden manna" (Rev. 2:17; compare John 6:49,51) LaManna therefore is most likely ?The Bread of Heaven? or ?The Gift? Surnames: Lamanna Submitted by: Peter Lamanna Origin of Lam, Meaning of Lam Origin: Origin: France-"Lamoreaux" Surnames: Lamoree Submitted by: Jeff Lamoree Origin of Lam, Meaning of Lam Origin: Baeckelandt: Origins of and Meaning of the Flemish Surname Variations of the name BAECKELANDT: BAKELAND BAEKELAND BAECKELAND BAKELANDT BAKELAND BAECKELAND BECKELANDT BAKELANT BAEKELANDT BAKALANDE BAKLANT BAKELANTS Also, BAECQUELANT BOCKLAND BOCKLANDT BOCKLAM BOCKELANDT BAUKELAND - In Flanders family names became general usage in the 12th century. - These were passed along from father to son of course. - The Council of Trent (1563) required pastors to record family names when two people got married. - But spelling was inconsistent even among siblings and between generations. - The earliest record of someone being said to come from a place by the name ?BAKELANDE? is in a reference book on topography on western Flanders that mentions in 1231 a ?Coram Waltero de Bakelande and Waltero de Warenghen? . - The earliest recorded mention of a surname kin is in 1281 under the form BAKELANT: Abraham dou BAKELANT of Avelgem . - At Kortrijk?s ?Kasselrij? the archives mention one Walterus dictus BAKELANT in 1316. - In 1368 a Jhan vanden Bussche is recorded as having changed his name to Jhan BAKELANDE . - Later at Herzeeuw (aka Herseaux) in 1398 a Symon, a Pieter and a Hennequin BAKELANT were already well known in the province of Henegouwen. - In 1449 one Jehane BAKELANTS, daughter of a Jans van CURTRIKE (Kortrijk?), is mentioned as a gatekeeper of Brugge . - The earliest reference I am aware of with the spelling as we make it is the birth notice of a Rogerius BAECKELANDT, born in Tielt February 14, 1619. However, his children spelled their names ?BACKELANT? and ?BACQUELANT? underscoring the inconsistency of the written versions of names and contrasting with today?s legal enforcement of a surname?s specific spelling. - The place name ?Bakeland? appears to have various origins. ?Bakeland? was the name of a feudal manor in Waregem and Deerlijk commonly recognized as early as the mid 14th century - ?Den Bake? is also the name of a strip of land in Berten (part of French Flanders now) in 1541 It is also a district in Poperinge in the 16th century: ?houc de bake?. And in Wingene around 1550 in parishes north of the churches we find places named ?Bakenhof? - To understand the meaning of the name we must break it up into its composite parts, ?Baecke? and ?landt?. ?Landt? of course means ?land? or ?country? or ?place? in English. ?Baecke? is more complex and has several origins. - The simplest reference to ?bake? (the original spelling for ?baecke?) is ham or bacon in Middle Netherlandish (the language spoken in the 1200s to 1500s) . - The other known reference to ?bake? found in Flanders in this period were to small poles or stakes, a few fists high, driven in as markers for shepherds on thoroughfares across cultivated fields . - According to a 1996 Belgacom (the Belgian telecommunications monopoly) electronic map, there were 457 households registered under the ?BAECKELANDT? name in Belgium at that time. Surnames: BAECKELANDT, BAECKELAND, BACKELAND, BAKELAND, BAECKELANT, BAECKELANDTS, BAKELANDT, BAEKELANDT, BACQUELANT, BAKALANDE, BAKLANT, BOCKLAND, BOCKLANDT, BOCKLAM, BOCKELANDT, BAUKELAND Submitted by: David Baeckelandt Origin of Lam, Meaning of Lam Origin: Woodsman, Tree cutter Surnames: Talamantez Submitted by: Origin of Lam, Meaning of Lam Origin: HALLAM - English Pronounced: HAL-am MEANING: From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning either "at the rocks" or "at the nook" or "dweller at the rocks" in Old English. ORIGIN:The origin of the HALLAM name is very hard to ascertain. Numerous people have investigated the origin, of which I am indebted to (Robert Hallam & Desmond Holden). There is a school of thought that there may be two origins, one from the villages on the outskirts of Ilkeston in Derbyshire and the other from the Yorkshire Sheffield area. There is a possible third - HALAM, northeast of Nottingham, though this is remote. READ more at http://www.hallamfamily.co.uk Surnames: HALLAM Submitted by: David Hallam Origin of Lam, Meaning of Lam Origin: Melamed is literally translated as "teacher" in Hebrew. Surnames: Melamed Submitted by: Origin of Lam, Meaning of Lam Origin: Villamizar, meaning "kingdom of wisdom". origin "kings of mother land" Surnames: villamizar Submitted by: Origin of Lam, Meaning of Lam Origin: It comes from Spain, originally the root of Lameda surname is Alamo and the people of that feudal period were called Alamedas, through the conquered America, around 1400s, some of the spanish conqueror were Alameda and some of them were stablished there in America, so at the moment of registering those apeople in those reas the surname was altered by mistake, being stated as Lameda. Surnames: Lameda Submitted by: Juan Origin of Lam, Meaning of Lam Origin: relating to morning prayers Surnames: LaMattina Submitted by: Chuck LaMattina Origin of Lam, Meaning of Lam Origin: According to my information the name Lamey comes from Old Norse and means Sheep Island (Lam = Sheep, ey = Island). Lamey is thought to have been a location on Norway's West Coast near the city of Trondheim. This location is known to have been a departure point for a number of Viking 'trading'(!) voyages to the South West of England, South West Wales, Eastern Ireland, and the Normandy Coast of France in the 9th and 10th Centuries. In my travels (RL and Cyber) I have found Lameys in all above mentioned locations ... I come from a branch in Newport, South Wales, UK, who in turn come from Appledoor, Devon, UK. I discovered quite a number during a stay in Avingon, France, where it was claimed it was a local name. Also there was a family of Lameys operating a Tug Boat Company out of Liverpool, UK during the early part of the 20 Century, interestingly they named their boats after members of the family eg. Emily Lamey, Anita Lamey etc. All of this tends to endorce the Viking Origin theory. In modern Norwegian 'Sheep Island' would be Lam?y (Lam = Sheep, ?y = Island), and the Norwegian telephone catalogue still contains 113 telephone numbers listed against this name, 30 in Mid Norway, 51 in North Norway, 2 in the South, 1 in the West and 29 in the East. What do you think? Are there any Viking historians out there? Regards, Bob Surnames: Lamey Submitted by: Bob Lamey Origin of Lam, Meaning of Lam Origin: French- Canadan Surnames: Lamprs,Lampro,Lamproe Submitted by: Darrell W. Lamproe Origin of Lam, Meaning of Lam Origin: the natives of the region vadlamudi near guntur in andhra pradesh india were given the surname Surnames: vadlamudi Submitted by: tirupathi rao vadlamudi 11/9/2009 12:26 AM Page 1 of 1

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