The story
- Old English · derived fromlamb“lamb”
- English todayLambeth
The name is recorded in 1062 as Lambehitha, from Old English lamb (“lamb”) + hȳþ (“hithe, landing-place”), and in 1255 as Lambeth. Equivalent to lamb + hithe.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishlamb all →
lambLambertonLambley
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.