Lâm is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Lin in Mandarin and Im in Korean. Lam is the anglicized variation of the surname Lâm. Lam is also a commonly held surname of Cantonese speakers of Chinese descent. Large populations in southern China and Hong Kong hold the surname.

Notable people with the surname Lâm

* Lam Phương, 20th century Vietnamese songwriter, real name Lâm Đình Phùng * Lam Nguon Tanh (Lâm Ngươn Tánh), Chief of Naval Operations of the Republic of Vietnam Navy during the Vietnam War * Thích Quảng Đức (born Lâm Văn Tức), Mahayana Buddhist monk who burned himself to death at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963 * Lam Nhat Tien, Vietnamese American singer * Lam Quang Thi, senior military officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War * Lam Quang My, late Polish-Vietnamese poet who wrote in Polish and Vietnamese * Lam Van Phat, an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam * Lâm Quang Ky, a vice-general of Nguyen Trung Truc * Lâm Thị Mỹ Dạ, poet * Katarina Lam, United States data scientist Vietnamese-language surnames {{surname