Lamont_(name)

Lamont (name)

Lamont (name)

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Lamont (/ˈlæmʌnt/ ⓘ, sometimes listenⓘ),[1] also spelt LaMont (listenⓘ), is a surname with several origins, one Scottish, with a branch in Ulster,[2] the other French.

In some cases the surname originates in Scotland as Clan Lamont. The name is derived from the medieval personal name Lagman which is from the Old Norse Logmaðr. The Old Norse name Logmaðr is composed to two elements: log which is plural of lag meaning "law" (from leggja meaning "to lay down") + maðr meaning "man."[3]

In other cases the surname originates in France. In this case Lamont or LaMont is a habitational name derived from several places called Amont (meaning upstream or uphill) in Haute-Saône and Haute-Vienne.[3]

People with the last name Lamont or LaMont

Fictional characters

  • Amber Lamont, in the Irish novel series The Demon Road Trilogy

People with the given name Lamont, LaMont or La Mont

Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Black, George F. (1946). The Surnames of Scotland (1993 ed.). Edinburgh: New York Public Library/Birlinn. p. 413. ISBN 1-874744-07-6. In the belief that the name (Lamond, Lammond, Lamont) is of French origin it is commonly mispronounced Lamont' in the United States. Lam'ont is the correct way.
  2. [2]
    MalcLysaght, Edward (1985). The Surnames of Ireland (fourth ed.). Dublin: Irish Academic Press. p. 188. ISBN 0716523647.
  3. [3]
    Lamont Name Meaning and Origin Retrieved on 2008-01-25
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