Lamont

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

• Scottish and northern Irish : from the medieval personal name Lagman, which is from Old Norse Lǫgmaðr, composed of lǫg, plural of lag ‘law’ (from leggja ‘to lay down’) + maðr, ‘man’ (genitive manns).
• French : habitational name from places called Amont, in Haute-Saône and Haute-Vienne.