Family name origins & meanings
- North German : from a pet form of Lambert.
- French : metonymic occupational name for someone who cast metal lamps and candlesticks, Old French lampe.
- Slovenian : from a short form of the medieval personal names Lampret or Lampreht, derivatives of the German personal name Lamprecht, Latin Lambertus (see Lambert).
- German : from a house name in Trier, where a prominent lamp or sign of a lamp gave rise to the name.