Lam

Where Lam comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Lam.

Lam through the years
  1. 1977
    First appearance
    #4,164 among boys with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1983
    Peak, #1,955
    27 babies named Lam, the most in any year.
  3. 1987
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #3,521.
  4. 2018
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes

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