The Lamkin Name: Records, Origin and Blazon

Lamkin began as an English family name. The usual explanation, from Elsdon Smith, is “descendant of little Lamb, a pet form of Lambert (land, bright)”.

Heraldry and the Lamkin name

If a Lamkin family bore arms, our report explains whose they were and what the blazon shows.

Where the name comes from

It is a patronymic: it named a person after a father or forebear. Related forms include Lampkin and Lampkins.

About 2,987 people in the United States were recorded as Lamkin in 2010, placing it 10,701 on the national list. That is enough to place it in the top 25,000 American surnames. Want more than a summary? See the Lamkin family name pack.