"Lamay" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Lamays [plural]
Etymology: * As a French surname, variant of Lemay (partly due to American pronunciation). * Also as a French surname, from the placename Lamath in Meurthe-et-Moselle. The placename is attested in several forms, as early as Old French la Marz (1178), first element from la, but the second element is uncertain; perhaps a Germanic borrowing (compare Frankish *marisk (“bog, marshy area”)). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|-}} French, {{der|en|fro|la}} Old French la, {{der|en|gem|-}} Germanic, {{cog|frk|*marisk|t=bog, marshy area}} Frankish *marisk (“bog, marshy area”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Lamays}} Lamay (plural Lamays)
  1. A surname. Wikipedia link: Lamath

Inflected forms

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