Montgomery: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “Gumarich's mountain”
- Origin
- French
- Say it
- munt-GUM-uh-ree · 4 syllables
- Used for
- Boys (91% of all uses)
Transferred from a Norman surname and place name, from Old French Montgommery, probably meaning the hill or mountain of Gumarich. It is best known as a surname and occasional given name.
How popular is Montgomery?
Babies named Montgomery in 2024219
2024 rank#1,088 boys
Peak year2023
Total US babies since 18805,986
Montgomery is rising: use over the last five years is 2.6× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Montgomery
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Montgomery questions
What does the name Montgomery mean?
Montgomery means "Gumarich's mountain". It comes from French. Transferred from a Norman surname and place name, from Old French Montgommery, probably meaning the hill or mountain of Gumarich. It is best known as a surname and occasional given name.
Is Montgomery a boy or girl name?
Montgomery is mainly a boy's name in US records (91% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Montgomery?
219 US babies were named Montgomery in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.
How do you pronounce Montgomery?
Montgomery is usually pronounced munt-GUM-uh-ree.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.