What Does the surname montgomry mean?

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What Does the surname montgomry mean?

Answer 1

I did a search on www.ancestry.com like the other person suggested there is nothing on there relating to origin of the name on there.

I also searched on this site http://www.surnamedb.com/  but there is nothing on there either. So I referred to my *Oxford Names Companion* and it says it's a variant of Montgomery.

Surname: Montgomery

This is one of the most distinguished Anglo-Scottish surnames. It is of French locational origin from the ancient castle of Saint Foi de Montgomery in the diocese of Lisieux, Normandy, or from St. Germain de Montgomery in Calvados. The name is first recorded in England in the latter half of the 11th Century, (see below). Roger de Montgomery, a Norman nobleman who took part in planning the Invasion of England in 1066, was created Earl of Arundel and granted vast estates in Sussex circa 1067. He obtained the earldom of Shewsbury in Shropshire in 1071. The former county of Montgomeryshire in Wales received its name from the Norman territory, the component elements being the Old French "mont", a hill, plus the Germanic personal name "Gumaric", meaning "man-power". Robert de Mundegumri was the first recorded namebearer in Scotland, a charter witness in circa 1165. The Montgomeries were granted the earldom of Eglington in 1507. Sir Bernard Montgomery, the British Field Marshall of the Second Word War, was arguably the most successful army commander since the days of the Duke of Wellington in 1815. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Hugo de Montgomeri. This was dated 1086, in the Domesday Book of Staffordshire, during the reign of King William 1st of England, and known as "The Conqueror", 1066 - 1087. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

http://www.surnamedb.com/

Montgomery Name Meaning and History

English, Scottish, and northern Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from a place in Calvados, France, so named from Old French mont ‘hill’ + a Germanic personal name composed of the elements guma ‘man’ + ric ‘power’. In Ireland this surname has been Gaelicized as Mac Iomaire and in Scotland as Mac Gumaraid.

from www.ancestry.com

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Ancestry.com notes that Montgomery is taken from a place in Calvados, France:  a personal name meaning "man of power" that has been attached as a suffix to the Old French word for hill, "mont".  Since Montgomery is an English, Scottish, and Northern Irish surname, most probably the original Montgomerys were of Norman origin.

Searchforancestors.com notes that Montgomery is a corruption of the Latin "Mons Gomeris," which translates as "Gomer's mount".  Gomer was the son of Japhet, the hereditary name of the Gauls.

Answer 3

http://www.ancestry.com/facts/montgomery...

http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx...

found a couple of things!