Montgomery.
A surname from Old French.
Meaning & usage
A surname from Old French.
Bernard Montgomery (Monty), a British army officer.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A number of places in the United States: The capital city of Alabama, and the county seat of Montgomery County.
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Chatham County, Georgia.
A number of places in the United States: A village in Kane County and Kendall County, Illinois.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Barr Township, Daviess County, Indiana.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Diamond Lake Township, Dickinson County, Iowa.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Trigg County, Kentucky.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Grant Parish, Louisiana.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, named after Richard Montgomery.
A number of places in the United States: A village in Camden Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan.
A number of places in the United States: A city in Le Sueur County, Minnesota.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Holmes County, Mississippi.
A number of places in the United States: A town and village therein, in Orange County, New York.
A number of places in the United States: A city in Hamilton County, Ohio.
A number of places in the United States: A borough in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Scott County, Tennessee.
A number of places in the United States: A small city in Montgomery County, Texas.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Franklin County, Vermont.
A number of places in the United States: A city mostly in Fayette County, West Virginia.
A number of places in the United States: A number of townships in the United States, listed under Montgomery Township.
A neighbourhood in north-west Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
A town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales, formerly the county town of Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SO2296).
A locality in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
Former name of Sahiwal, a city in Punjab, Pakistan.
Where this word comes from
From a Norman surname, from a place in Normandy (Old French for "Gomeric's hill"). Gumaric was a Germanic personal name composed of *gumô (“man”) and *rīks (“ruler”) (whence the modern French surnames Gomery, Gommery and Gumery or the Galician placename Gomariz).
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