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How to Pronounce Mont
Pronounced MONT /ΛmΙnt/High
Meaning: Mont is a short form of longer names such as Montgomery or Lamont, both built on the French mont, 'hill' or 'mountain'. Montgomery is a Norman place-and-family name, and its clipped form Mont was given as a stand-alone name in nineteenth-century America. The meaning is inherited from that 'mountain' root.Low
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U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Mont is a clipped form of Montgomery or Lamont, both from the French mont, 'hill' or 'mountain'. American families gave the short form as a name in its own right in the late eighteen-hundreds, in the fashion for brisk one-syllable men's names.
It was never common, a couple dozen boys a year at most around the nineteen-teens, and it faded through the century. A boy given it then would be a great-grandfather now, and it reads as an old clipped name rather than a current choice.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Mont mean?
It's a short form of Montgomery or Lamont, from the French mont meaning 'hill' or 'mountain'.
How do you pronounce Mont?
It's said MONT /ΛmΙnt/, one syllable.
Is Mont a boy or girl name?
Mont is used as a boy's name.
Is Mont a popular name?
No, it was always rare, an old clipped name seen only slightly in the early twentieth century.