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Boy · Old Norse, through Scottish
Lamont
Say it: lah-MONT
Meaning
From a Scottish surname derived from Old Norse lǫgmaðr 'lawman'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Popular among African American families from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1970s
In the United States
- 23,875 babies given this name since 1888
- At its height in 1972, about 1 in 1,600 boys
- 86 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.