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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • French : Steep mountain; residence name

Boy name variations

How Popular Is The Name Mont

Family name origins & meanings

  • Catalan and French : topographic name for someone who lived on or near a hill, from Catalan and Old French mont ‘mountain’, ‘hill’ (Latin mons, genitive montis).
  • Dutch : nickname from Middle Dutch monde ‘mouth’, perhaps denoting someone with a large or loud one.
  • Dutch : from a short form of a Germanic personal name ending in -mond (from mund ‘protection’; compare Raymond.)
  • Dutch (de Mont) : kinship name from Middle Dutch mond ‘guardian’.

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