Lunt as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Lunt

What is the meaning of the name Lunt ?

The baby name Lunt is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /lʌnt/ (lunt).

Lunt is English in Origin.

Lunt is an Anglo‑Norse surname turned given name. It comes from Old Norse lundr, “grove,” used topographically for someone who lived by a small wood. The element survives in the English place-name Lunt (Sefton, Merseyside), and the surname is well attested in medieval Lancashire and Cheshire, areas of Viking settlement. Families bearing Lunt spread to Ireland and North America, and the name gained cultural visibility via the American stage actor Alfred Lunt.

As a first name, Lunt is rare but fits the modern surname‑as‑given trend, with occasional 19th–20th‑century baptisms in Britain and the United States. Variants and cognates include Lund and Lunn (English), Lunde (Scandinavian), and place-related forms like Lount or Lound. Its meaning - “grove” or “dweller at the grove” - evokes shelter, calm, and nature, lending this brief, crisp choice a grounded, outdoorsy character.

⚙ Lunt is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Lunt appears only 4 times in total — found in 4 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.