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Gender: M Popularity: this week. Origin of Lancelot: French Meaning of Lancelot: "servant"
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In Arthurian legend, Lancelot was one of the most dashing of the Knights of the Round Table who eventually had an affair with Queen Guinevere: it makes for a romantic story-- but perhaps overly romantic-- name.

An older spelling is Launcelot, as seen in Shakespeare’s Launcelot Gabbo in The Merchant of Venice and two Tobias Smollett novels.

Short form Lance has had an independent life of his own.

Famous People Named Lancelot

St. Lancelot Andrewes, Anglican bishop; oversaw the translation of the King James Version of the Bible
Lancelot "Capability" Brown, landscape architect
Prof. Lancelot Hogben, "scientific humanist"

Pop Culture References for the Name Lancelot

Sir Lancelot, knight of King Arthur legends
Italian: Lancelotto

Lance, Lancelott, Launcelet, Launcelot

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