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Summary
- Montgomery does not appear in the Bible and is not Hebrew or Jewish in origin.
- It comes from a place in Normandy whose name means “Gumarich’s mountain”; Gumarich was a Germanic personal name.
- Roger de Montgomery, a counsellor of William the Conqueror, brought the name to England and became Earl of Shrewsbury; the Welsh town of Montgomery is named after him.
- The claim that it means “Gomer’s hill,” after the Gomer of Genesis 10:2 or Hosea 1:3, rests only on a likeness of sound.
- Bearers include Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, son of a Church of Ireland bishop, and the author L. M. Montgomery.
- As a first name it is uncommon; it ranked 960th for boys in the United States in 2025.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Behind the Name, “Montgomery” (given name), with popularity figures for the United States and England and Wales. https://www.behindthename.com/name/montgomery
- Behind the Name, “Popularity for the name Montgomery,” United States table. https://www.behindthename.com/name/montgomery/top/united-states
- Behind the Surnames, “Montgomery.” https://surnames.behindthename.com/name/montgomery
- Wiktionary, “Montgomery,” etymology citing Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges, A Concise Dictionary of First Names (Oxford University Press, 2001). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Montgomery
- “Roger de Montgomery,” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_de_Montgomery
- “Montgomery, Powys,” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery,_Powys
- “Clan Montgomery,” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Montgomery
- “Bernard Montgomery,” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Montgomery
- “Lucy Maud Montgomery,” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Maud_Montgomery
- Scripture references: Genesis 10:2; Hosea 1:3.
