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Fremont
How to Pronounce Fremont
Pronounced FREE-mont /ˈfriː.mɑnt/Medium
Meaning: Fremont is a surname and American place-name, most often read through French or German elements suggesting a 'free mountain' or a cold hill. As a first name it honored the explorer and soldier John C. Fremont, the 'Pathfinder', keeping the name alive across the nineteenth-century American West.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Fremont is a surname later used as a masculine first name, its elements pointing through French or German to a notion of a free or bare mountain. Its American popularity rode the fame of John C. Fremont, the explorer and pathfinder of the West, whose name also marks towns and streets across the country.
In United States records Fremont as a given name was most common in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, then faded to rarity. A man given it at its peak belongs to a great-grandfather's generation.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Fremont mean?
Fremont is a surname and place-name, likely meaning 'free mountain' or a cold hill.
How do you pronounce Fremont?
It's said FREE-mont /ˈfriː.mɑnt/, two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Fremont a boy or girl name?
Fremont is used as a boy's name.
Is Fremont a popular name?
No, it is a vintage rarity, most often heard in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.