Meaning and history
Possibly an Old French diminutive of Lanzo (see Lance). In Arthurian legend, Lancelot was the bravest of the Knights of the Round Table and became the lover of Arthur’s wife Guinevere, eventually bringing about the ruin of Arthur’s kingdom. He first appears in the 12th-century works of the French poet Chrétien de Troyes, briefly in Erec and Enide and then as the central figure in Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart.
20062006: 16 births, rank #5,303
2007: 11 births, rank #7,094
2008: 10 births, rank #7,698
2009: 8 births, rank #8,985
2010: 14 births, rank #6,036
20112011: 9 births, rank #8,079
2012: 9 births, rank #8,158
2013: 7 births, rank #9,655
2014: 5 births, rank #12,108
2015: 11 births, rank #7,066
20162016: 10 births, rank #7,605
2017: 6 births, rank #10,775
2018: 6 births, rank #10,760
2019: 6 births, rank #10,803
2020: 5 births, rank #12,022
20212021: 5 births, rank #12,146
2022: 6 births, rank #10,863
2023: 9 births, rank #8,255
2024: 8 births, rank #8,987
20252025: 12 births, rank #6,803
In 2025, 12 babies were recorded with the name Lancelot, ranking #6,803 among boys.