THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Lancelot
Lancelot is recorded as a male given name in Tagalog and Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Lancelot.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ˈlanselot/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˌlan̪.sɛˈlot̪̚]Standard-Tagalog
Lan · ce · lot3 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Cebuano
- /lanˈselot/
- [l̪ɐn̪ˈs̪i.l̪ot̪]
- /ˌlɑːnsˈəlɒt/English based
- [ˌl̪ɑːn̪s̪ˈə.l̪ɒt̪]English based
Lan · ce · lot3 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Lancelot, from Old French Lancelot, from Frankish *Lanzo, pet name for male names beginning in *Land-, and Old French diminutive endings -el and -ot.
a male given name from English
Wiktionary: Lancelot (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
CebuanoEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Lancelot, from Old French Lancelot, from Frankish *Lanzo, pet name for male names beginning in *Land-, and Old French diminutive endings -el and -ot.
a male given name from English
Wiktionary: Lancelot (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
From Middle English Launcelot, from Old French Lancelot, from Frankish *Lanzo, hypocoristic form of names beginning in *Land-, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”), and diminutive Old French endings -el and -ot. Related to Old English Landbeorht (modern English Lambert).
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Wiktionary: Lancelot (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Lancelot in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Lancelot
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Lance♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Lanilo·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Gelot♂Short form of Angelo
- Lacson·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Lando♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Langit♂♀Sky; heaven
- Lanie·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Lanier·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Lancelot?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Lancelot further
Follow the sources
- Wiktionary contributors — Lancelot (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Lancelot (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Lancelot (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.