indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Surname (from occupation, from nickname & from given name)
Meaning & History
from French froment "wheat" (from Latin frumentum "grain") probably applied as a nickname for a peasant or as metonymic occupational name for a dealer in wheat. English surname from the Old French personal name Fromont, which is from ancient Germanic Frodmund, composed of the elements frod "wise" and mund "protection".