Lamont (name) explained

Lamont (sometimes),[1] also spelt LaMont, is a surname with several origins, one Scottish, with a branch in Ulster,[2] the other French.

In some cases the surname originates in Scotland as Clan Lamont. 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."[3]

In other cases the surname originates in France. In this case Lamont or LaMont is a habitational name derived from several places called Amont (meaning upstream or uphill) in Haute-Saône and Haute-Vienne.

People with the last name Lamont or LaMont

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People with the given name Lamont, LaMont or La Mont

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Black, George F.. The Surnames of Scotland. 1946. New York Public Library/Birlinn. Edinburgh. 1-874744-07-6. 413. 1993. 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. Book: MalcLysaght . Edward . The Surnames of Ireland . 1985 . Irish Academic Press . Dublin . 0716523647 . 188 . fourth.
  3. http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Lamont-name-meaning.ashx Lamont Name Meaning and Origin