Lâmy

surname · Latin script

Lâmy is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country. Recorded meaning: nickname from Old French amis, ami ‘friend’, with the definite article I’. Compare Lamey 2.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 4.8K(inferred from the name graph)
  • BEBelgium1 in 12K
  • CACanada≈1 in 34K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈14,000 people, est.

Sources
298 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 4.8K (inferred from the name graph)

France, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Lamy in FR France, US United States, CA Canada and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

nickname from Old French amis, ami ‘friend’, with the definite article I’. Compare Lamey 2.

Sources 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

Where in the world(measured from records)

Lâmy counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Lâmy is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France#220≈14,000 est.≈1 in 4.8K1.8KLamy298
HT Haiti#166≈1,600 est.≈1 in 6.8KlistedLamy5
US United States—1,4861 in 224K1.6KLamy183
CD Congo - Kinshasa—≈1,100 est.≈1 in 91K—Lamy5
CA Canada—≈1,100 est.≈1 in 34K—Lamy112
BE Belgium#5489951 in 12K995Lamy65
CM Cameroon—≈540 est.≈1 in 52K—Lamy6

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

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Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Lâmy under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Lâmy mean, and where does it come from?
nickname from Old French amis, ami ‘friend’, with the definite article I’. Compare Lamey 2. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 1 other source.
In which country does Lâmy have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 14 thousand people named Lâmy in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lamy.
How common is the name Lâmy?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,486 people named Lâmy in 2010, about 1 in 224 thousand residents.
How common is Lâmy compared with other names?
In France, Lâmy is the 220th most common surname of 1,200,812 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lâmy” — the 220th most common surname in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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