What does Lancelot mean?
How do we pronounce Lancelot?
Lancelot \lan-ce-lot, la-ncel-ot\ is a boy's name. It consists of 8 letters and 3 syllables.
The baby boy name Lancelot is pronounced in English as LAENSahLaaT 1.
1 Pronunciation for Lancelot: L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)"
What is the origin of Lancelot?
Lancelot's language of origin is Old French and it is used predominantly in the English language. The name could be from the Old French l'ancel ('the servant'). Sir Lancelot was the most prominent of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table; he eventually betrayed his master by becoming Queen Guinevere's lover. He might have been created in French Arthurian literature by Chrétien de Troyes as he does not seem to appear in earlier mythology, or else like most other Arthurian names, the name could be of ultimately Celtic origin altered through French transmission of Arthurian literature. Elsewhere in literature, the name has appeared in Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice (1596-1598) as the name of Launcelot Gobbo, and in Tobias Smollett's novel The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves (1760) as the name of the titular character. The short form Launce has appeared in Shakespeare's comedy Two Gentlemen of Verona (1598). Lancelot has 12 variants. Alternatives consist of short names for Lancelin, name Lancelott meaning, Lancelyn definition, meaning of Lanse, Launcee meaning and origin, what does the name Launcelot mean, Launcelott name variations, name Launcey origin, Launci definition, Launcie name popularity, and name Launcy. The contraction Lance pronounciation (used in German too) is another English variant.
List of baby names Lancelot:
nicknames for Lancelott, what does the name Launcelot mean (English), and Launcelott pronounciation.
The baby name Lancelot fun facts:
The name Lancelot in reverse order is "Tolecnal".
The numerological value of the name Lancelot is number 1, which means initiating action, pioneering, leading, independent, attaining, individual.
How popular is Lancelot?
Lancelot is not in the top boy names in USA.