Lamont

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Type Surname (from occupation, from given name & from location)
Usage Scottish (Modern), Northern Irish, French
Pronounced Pron. lamb-ont(Scottish)
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Other Forms FormsLamond, Lamant
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Meaning & History

Scottish and northern Irish: from the medieval personal name Lagman, which is from Old Norse Logmaðr, composed of log, plural of lag ‘law’ (from leggja ‘to lay down’) + maðr, ‘man’ (genitive manns).
French: habitational name from places called Amont, in Haute-Saône and Haute-Vienne.