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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Greek : from a personal name based on classical Greek lampros ‘brilliant’, ‘radiant’, ‘luminous’. This name is given to commemorate Easter, which is known colloquially as Lambri ‘the bright (day)’. This form may also represent a reduction of patronymics based on this personal name, such as Lambropoulos.

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