Monty: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “from the mountain”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- MON-tee · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Boys (98% of all uses)
Usually a diminutive of Montague or Montgomery. Montague comes from a Norman French place name meaning 'pointed mountain,' while Montgomery derives from a place name meaning 'Gumarich's mountain.'
How popular is Monty?
Babies named Monty in 202489
2024 rank#1,816 boys
Peak year1961
Total US babies since 188015,517
Monty is rising: use over the last five years is 2.4× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Monty
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Monty questions
What does the name Monty mean?
Monty means "from the mountain". It comes from English. Usually a diminutive of Montague or Montgomery. Montague comes from a Norman French place name meaning 'pointed mountain,' while Montgomery derives from a place name meaning 'Gumarich's mountain.'
Is Monty a boy or girl name?
Monty is mainly a boy's name in US records (98% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Monty?
89 US babies were named Monty in 2024. Its peak year was 1961.
How do you pronounce Monty?
Monty is usually pronounced MON-tee.
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.