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Type Surname (from location)
Usage Catalan
Other Forms FormsPuigdemunt, Puigdamont, Puigdemon, Puig de Mont
Meaning & History
Means "top of the hill" or "peak of the mountain". It is derived from Catalan puig meaning "hill, peak" combined with either damunt meaning "on top, above", or munt (a diminutive of muntanya) meaning "mountain", using the preposition d'. A famous bearer of this name is the Catalan politician and journalist Carles Puigdemont (1962-), a former president of the Government of Catalonia in Spain.