Lam
Meaning
fine jade (琳) for girls or steady rain (霖) for boys; the modern closing element in names like Hoi-Lam
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Lam has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
25 people · the #106,978 first name in Brazil · median age 61
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Lam
Most people given the name Lam in the United States were born between 1980 and 2019. The Lam you meet today is most often in their 20s or 30s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Lam deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Lam truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Lam fits with your family’s names and surname.
Where Lam travels
Vietnamese · forest; written Lâm, also a common surname
Keep exploring
Vietnamese baby names · Cantonese and Hong Kong baby names · Short names · Gender-neutral names
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