Montgomery

Norman

"man power"

Montgomery Origin and Meaning

The name Montgomery is a boy's name of Norman origin meaning "man power".

This image of this distinguished Anglo-Scottish surname, drawn from the French place name of the ancient castle of Saint Foi de Montgomery, is rapidly shifting from fusty and formal to cool. And dashing short form Monty (or Monte) nudges it to cute.

Best-known bearer of the name is beautiful-but-tortured midcentury actor Montgomery Clift. Roger de Montgomery was a Norman nobleman who was made Earl of Arundel after he invaded England in 1066 and Sir Bernard Montgomery was a noted army commander in World War II. Montgomery is also the proper first name of Star Trek's engineer Scotty and, less flatteringly, the middle name of The Simpsons' evil Mr. Burns.

Montgomery Rank in US Top 1000

# 950 in the US

Montgomery Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 577 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Montgomery

• 577 Nameberry 2025
• 39 Unique 2023
• 215 Unisex 2023
• 516 England 2023

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Famous People Named Montgomery

• Montgomery Cunningham Meigs U.S. Civil War general
• (Edward) Montgomery Clift American actor
• Aaron Montgomery Ward American department store founder
• Montgomery Blair 20th U.S. Postmaster General
• Montgomery Meigs "Monty" Atwater American avalanche researcher, forester, skier, and author
• Montgomery "Bud" Wilson Canadian Olympic figure skater
• Tavares Montgomery "Monty" Williams American basketball player
• George Montgomery Hutchens "Monty" Brinson American heir and reality TV personality ("Real Housewives of Beverly Hills")
• Montgomery Moses Brian Baron Cohen (b. 2015) son of Isla Fischer and Sacha Baron Cohen
• Montgomery Argo Rikaart Sudduth (b. 2016) son of actor Greg Rikaart

The name Montgomery in Pop Culture

• Montgomery "Scotty" Scott character in the "Star Trek" series
• Montgomery "Monty" Montgomery character in "A Series of Unfortunate Events," by Lemony Snicket
• Charles Montgomery "Monty" Burns character on TV's "The Simpsons"
• Montgomery Moose character on animated series "The Get Along Gang"
• Montgomery Fiske character on animated series "Kim Possible"
• Montgomery MacNeil character in the film "Fame"
• Lord Montgomery aka Simon Lewis character in "The Mortal Instruments" by Cassandra Clare
• Montgomery Brewster main character in George Barr McCutcheon's "Brewster's Millions" and several films
• Montgomery Alabama, USA
• Montgomery James character in "The Madman's Daughter" trilogy by Megan Shepherd
• Addison Forbes Montgomery character on TV shows "Private Practice" and "Grey's Anatomy
• Aria Marie Montgomery character in book series/TV show "Pretty Little Liars"
• Montgomery de la Cruz character in the Netflix series "13 Reasons Why"