Montgomery

Where Montgomery 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).
— Wiktionary's entry for Montgomery
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1883
    Peak, #720
    7 babies named Montgomery — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1884
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1909
    Montgomery Wilson born
    Canadian figure skater
  5. 1920
    Montgomery Clift born
    American actor
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Montgomery Clift · American actor, 1920–1966
  • Montgomery Wilson · Canadian figure skater, 1909–1964
  • Montgomery Blair · American judge, 1813–1883
  • Montgomery Tully · Irish film director, 1904–1988
  • Montgomery C. Meigs · Union Army general, 1816–1892

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.