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Boy · Old French
Lancelot
Say it: LAHN-suh-lot
Meaning
Uncertain; perhaps a French diminutive of the Germanic name Lanzo.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Taken from Arthurian romance into English noble use.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 598 babies given this name since 1908
- At its height in 1908, about 1 in 30,900 boys
- 5 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Launcelot
| French | Lancelot |
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Famous bearers
- Lancelot Andrewes, English bishop
- Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, landscape gardener
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Where this comes from
- The medieval Arthurian romances
- Parish baptism registers
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.