Lamar

given name · Latin script

Meaning: habitational name for someone from either of the two places called Mar in Asturias, probably named with mar ‘sea’ and the article la

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ləmɑɹ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Lamar is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 16K(measured from records)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 30K
  • GHGhana≈1 in 7.5K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Lamar itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈82,000 people, est.

4 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
447 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 7.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Ghana, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

LamarLatin(measured from records)
라마Hangul(measured from records)
ԼամարArmenian(measured from records)
ლამარიGeorgian(measured from records)

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)

habitational name for someone from either of the two places called Mar in Asturias, probably named with mar ‘sea’ and the article la.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Lamar 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 Lamar is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈82,000 est.≈1 in 17K—Lamar5
PK Pakistan—≈29,000 est.≈1 in 8.1K—Lamar2
US United States#58021,0691 in 16K20KLamar447
GH Ghana#228≈3,900 est.≈1 in 7.5K—Lamar13
GB United Kingdom—≈2,200 est.≈1 in 30KlistedLamar97
SE Sweden—947as Rama1 in 11K947—11
IE Ireland#445≈330 est.≈1 in 16K—Lamar7

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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Lamar is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Colombia, Panama, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Italian

    Also written La'Mar, La-Mar, Låmår, La'Mãř

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Lamař

  • French given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, France, Syria, Gabon

    Also written Lamâr, Ļămâř

  • Portuguese given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, United Kingdom, Portugal

    Also written Låmar, Lamár

  • Swedish given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland

    Languages: Swedish, Danish, Icelandic

    Also written Låmar, Lãmár, Låmãr

62 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Lamar is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Possibly a variant spelling of French Lamarre.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • In English, A habitational surname from Old French.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Swedish, Lamar har flera rötter. Det kan vara ett arabiskt kvinnonamn med betydelsen ’flytande eller skimrande’, men det kan även vara ett engelskt mansnamn bildat till det franska tillnamnet Delamare.

    as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

  • In English, University, TX; county, AL; pers.

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • In English, Community College, CO;

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1900195020002050Lamar Trotti, b. 1900Lamar Hunt, b. 1932Lamar Alexander, b. 1940Lamar S. Smith, b. 1947Barry Bonds, b. 1964Lamar Odom, b. 1979Jeffery Williams, b. 1991Lamar Johnson, b. 1994Lil Nas X, b. 1999Levi Colwill, b. 2003
  • Lamar Trottib. 1900USAmerican film producer (1900–1952)
  • Lamar Huntb. 1932USAmerican sports executive (1932–2006)
  • Lamar Alexanderb. 1940USAmerican politician
  • Lamar S. Smithb. 1947USAmerican politician
  • Barry Bondsb. 1964USnot in their usual nameAmerican baseball player (born 1964)
  • Lamar Odomb. 1979USAmerican basketball player (born 1979)
  • Jeffery Williamsb. 1991USnot in their usual nameAmerican rapper and singer
  • Lamar Johnsonb. 1994CACanadian actor and dancer
  • Lil Nas Xb. 1999USnot in their usual nameAmerican rapper, singer and songwriter (born 1999)
  • Levi Colwillb. 2003GBnot in their usual nameEnglish association football player (born 2003)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 72 sources across 37 countries.

Official registers attesting Lamar
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201012K#3,057
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202011K#3,171
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200011K#3,010

Reference works 7

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Lamar mean, and where does it come from?
habitational name for someone from either of the two places called Mar in Asturias, probably named with mar ‘sea’ and the article la. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Lamar?
A machine transcription gives /ləmɑɹ/ (IPA) for English.
Is Lamar a male or female name?
Lamar is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Lamar have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 82 thousand people named Lamar in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lamar.
How common is the name Lamar?
In the United States, the national register counted 21,069 people named Lamar in 2020, about 1 in 16 thousand residents.
How common is Lamar compared with other names?
In Ghana, Lamar is the 228th most common given name of 14,081 given names 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, “Lamar” — the 228th most common given name in Ghana. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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