Last name: LAM
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LAM : This last name is indexed 73,002 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
LAM : 1: Chinese: Cantonese form of the surname 林 see Lin 1.2: Chinese: Cantonese form of the surname 藍 meaning ‘blue’. See Lan 1.3: Vietnamese (Lâm): from the Chinese surname 林 see Lin 1 compare 1 above.4: Vietnamese: from the Chinese surname 藍 see Lan 1.5: Dutch and North German: from a short form of the personal name Lambert.6: Dutch: topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a lam ‘lamb’.7: Danish: nickname for a gentle person from Old Norse lamb ‘lamb’ or possibly for a lame man from Old Norse lami.
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