Richmond as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Richmond

What is the meaning of the name Richmond ?

The baby name Richmond is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced RICH-mənd.

Richmond is English, Norman French, Old French in Origin.

Richmond is an English given name taken from a surname and place-name. Its medieval source is Anglo-Norman Richemont, recorded for Richmond in Yorkshire after the Norman Conquest. The form joins Old French riche, rich or powerful, with mont, hill or mountain, from Latin montem; riche itself reflects a Germanic root *rīk- denoting rule, wealth, or power. The literal sense is rich hill or powerful hill.

As a hereditary surname, Richmond belonged first to families associated with the Yorkshire honor created for Alan Rufus, a Breton companion of William I. Richmond in Surrey was renamed from Sheen by Henry VII, echoing his earldom, and the name later traveled with English settlers to North America, Australia, and New Zealand. As a forename it remains uncommon, helped by place-name fashion and by figures such as actor Richmond Arquette; Richemont is the chief French equivalent.