The Montgomery Surname
- Meaning
- of Sainte-Foy-de-Montgommery
- Type
- Locational
- Root
- Norman French
- Chiefly
- Ayrshire and the Welsh borders
From a place in Normandy whose own name combines a Germanic personal name with mont, hill. It reached Scotland through the same twelfth-century settlement that brought Bruce.
The Welsh county of Montgomeryshire takes its name from the family rather than the other way round.
Bestow the name a title it never had
An honorific Lord or Lady certificate in the Montgomery name, hand-finished and sealed, with a square metre of Scottish woodland dedicated alongside it. A novelty, magnificently done — and a good deal more fun than a family tree.
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