Lamont (name)

Lamont (/ˈlæmʌnt/ ( listen), sometimes  listen ),[1] also spelt LaMont ( listen ), is a surname with several different origins, one Scottish and Northern Irish, the other in French.

  • In some cases the surname originates in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The name is derived from the medieval personal name Lagman which is from the Old Norse Logmaðr. The Old Norse name Logmaðr is composed to two elements: log which is plural of lag meaning "law" (from leggja meaning "to lay down") + maðr meaning "man."[2]
  • In some cases the surname originates in France. In this case Lamont or LaMont is a habitational name derived from several different places called Amont (meaning upstream or uphill) in Haute-Saône and Haute-Vienne.[2]

People with the last name Lamont or LaMont

People with the given name Lamont or LaMont

See also

References

  1. ↑ Black, George F. (1946). The Surnames of Scotland (1993 ed.). Edinburgh: New York Public Library/Birlinn. p. 413. ISBN 1-874744-07-6. In the belief that the name (Lamond, Lammond, Lamont) is of French origin it is commonly mispronounced Lamont' in the United States. Lam'ont is the correct way.
  2. 1 2 Lamont Name Meaning and Origin Retrieved on 2008-01-25
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