Montgomery as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Montgomery

What is the meaning of the name Montgomery ?

The baby name Montgomery is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈmʌntɡəməri/ (MONT-guh-mer-ee).

Montgomery is Norman in Origin.

Montgomery is a Norman French toponymic name that passed into English as a surname and later a given name. It derives from the Norman place Montgommery in Calvados, whose elements are mont “mountain, hill” and the Germanic personal name Gumaric/Gomeric (guma “man” + ric “power, ruler”). The sense is “Gumaric’s mountain,” often rendered as “mountain of the powerful man.”

Brought to Britain by the Normans, the surname was borne by the influential earls of Shrewsbury, notably Roger de Montgomery, and later by the Scottish Montgomery clan. As a first name it emerged in the 19th century and gained mid-20th-century visibility through Field Marshal Bernard “Monty” Montgomery and actor Montgomery Clift. Variants include the Scots spelling Montgomerie and the aristocratic form de Montgomery; diminutives and short forms include Monty, Montie, and Monte. The name carries a stately, old-world resonance.