Is There a Lamie Coat of Arms?

One surname, two spellings: Lamie and Lamy. The name is generally explained as “The friend”.

Spelling and variants

Spelled with “ie” instead of “y”, Lamie shows how the same name was heard and written differently.

How common is Lamie?

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Lamie with 822 bearers, at rank 28,909. That is enough to place it in the top 50,000 American surnames. From 1891 to 2000, 272 births in France were registered under Lamie.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Lamie, so the heraldry linked to Lamy is a starting point, not an automatic right.

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