Lamont (name)
Lamont (
i/ˈlæmʌnt/, sometimes 
listen ),[1] also spelt LaMont ( listen ), is a surname with several different origins, one Scottish and Northern Irish, the other in French.
- In some cases the surname originates in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The name is derived from the medieval personal name Lagman which is from the Old Norse Logmaðr. The Old Norse name Logmaðr is composed to two elements: log which is plural of lag meaning "law" (from leggja meaning "to lay down") + maðr meaning "man."[2]
- see Clan Lamont
- In some cases the surname originates in France. In this case Lamont or LaMont is a habitational name derived from several different places called Amont in Haute-Saône and Haute-Vienne.[2]
People with the last name Lamont or LaMont
- Alasdair Lamont
- Billy Lamont
- Bishop Lamont
- Byron Lamont
- Charles Lamont
- Chris LaMont
- Christine Lamont
- Corliss Lamont
- Daniel S. Lamont
- Dean LaMont
- Donal Lamont
- Duncan Lamont
- Gene Lamont
- George Lamont, footballer from New Zealand
- George D. Lamont (1819–1876), New York lawyer and politician
- Glenn Lamont
- James Lamont (footballer)
- Jason Lamont
- Joe Lamont
- Johann Lamont
- Johann von Lamont
- John Henderson Lamont, Canadian judge and politician
- John Salmon Lamont
- John Lamont (Scottish politician)
- Michèle Lamont
- Molly Lamont (1910–2001), British film actress
- Ned Lamont (Edward M. Lamont, Jr. 1954-), American businessman and politician
- Norman Lamont
- Peter Lamont
- Peter Lamont (historian)
- Robert P. Lamont
- Rory Lamont, Scottish rugby player
- Sean Lamont, Scottish rugby player
- Thomas W. Lamont (1870–1948), American banker
- William C. Lamont (born 1827), New York lawyer and politician
People with the given name Lamont or LaMont
- Duncan Lamont Clinch
- Harold Lamont Otey
- Lamont Bentley
- Lamont Brightful
- Lamont Bryan
- Lamont Coleman
- Lamont Dozier
- Lamont Hollinquest
- Lamont Johnson
- LaMont Johnson
- LaMont Jordan
- Lamont Pearson
- Lamont Peterson
- Lamont Reese
- Lamont Reid
- LaMont Smith
- Lamont Strothers
- Lamont Thompson
- Lamont Warren
- Lamont Young
- Lamont Young (Naples)
- Marianne Lamont Horinko
See also
References
- ↑ Black, George F. (1946). The Surnames of Scotland (1993 ed.). Edinburgh: New York Public Library/Birlinn. p. 413. ISBN 1-874744-07-6.
In the belief that the name (Lamond, Lammond, Lamont) is of French origin it is commonly mispronounced Lamont' in the United States. Lam'ont is the correct way.
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