Lamar

//ləˈmɑː(ɹ)// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A habitational surname from Old French.
  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Johnson County, Arkansas.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Prowers County, Colorado.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Clay Township, Spencer County, Indiana.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Benton County, Mississippi.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Barton County, Missouri.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Barton County, Missouri.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Chase County, Nebraska.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Hughes County, Oklahoma.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Porter Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Clinton County, Pennsylvania.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Darlington County, South Carolina.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Washington County, Tennessee.
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Aransas County, Texas, named after Mirabeau B. Lamar.
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Mercer County and Wyoming County, West Virginia.
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in the town of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Etymology

From a placename in Normandy, which was derived from Old French la mare (“the pool”).

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