Montgomery (name)

Montgomery (also spelled Montgomerie) is a surname derived from Saint-Germain-de-Montgommery in Normandy, France.[1] Although there are many stories of its origin,[2][3][4][5] an old theory explains that the name is a corruption of "Gomer's Mount" or "Gomer's Hill" (Latin: Mons Gomeris), any of a number of hills in Europe named in attribution to the biblical patriarch Gomer,[2] but it does not explain the final -y or -ie (the phonetical evolution would have been *Montgomer(s), *Montgomier) and it does not correspond to the old mentions of the place name Montgommery in Normandie : Monte Gomeri in 1032–1035, de Monte Gomerico in 1040 and de Monte Gumbri in 1046–1048.[6] More relevant is the explanation by the Germanic first name Gumarik,[7] a compound of guma "man" (see bridegroom) and rik "powerful", that regularly gives the final -ry (-ri) in the French first names and surnames (as in Thierry, Amaury, Henry, etc.). Moreover, the name is still used as a surname in France as Gommery,[8] from the older first name Gomeri.[9]

The earliest known person to be styled with the name is Roger de Montgomerie, found in a contemporary document as father of the 11th century Norman nobleman, Roger de Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, who owned the village of Montgommery, today in the Calvados département. Alternatively, a Hugh de Montgomery is given as the earl's father by a Norman chronicler writing in the next generation and some have hypothesized an error whereby Hugh is actually father of the elder Roger.

The original family Counts de Montgomerie were prominent in early Anglo-Norman England and gave their name to Montgomeryshire in neighbouring Wales. In some cases, the surname of modern Montgomerys is probably derived from this Welsh place name[10] (the Scottish Montgomerys for example).[11] Seventeen counties in the United States of America as well as districts, neighbourhoods and streets around the world, have been named for people named Montgomery.

Montgomery may refer to:

Surname

In science and humanities

In arts and entertainment

In sports

In politics

In the military
  • Field Marshal Archibald Armar Montgomery-Massingberd, British Army officer of Second Boer War and World War I, Chief of the Imperial General Staff 1933–1936
  • Arnulf of Montgomery, son of Roger de Montgomerie
  • Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, British Army officer and major commander of the allied forces during the Second World War, Chief of the Imperial General Staff 1946–1948
  • Dabney Montgomery (1923–2016), member of the Tuskegee Airmen and United States Air Force soldier
  • Gabriel, comte de Montgomery, captain of the Scots Guards (Garde Écossaise), who accidentally killed Henry II of France in a joust
  • Gustaf Adolf Montgomery, Finnish colonel who served in the Finnish War
  • Hugh of Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, son of Roger de Montgomerie
  • Hugh Montgomery (Royal Marines officer), cricketer and military officer killed on Bloody Sunday
  • John B. Montgomery, officer in the United States Navy
  • Lemuel P. Montgomery, officer who died at the 1814 Battle of Horseshoe Bend; namesake of Montgomery County, Alabama
  • Richard Montgomery, Irish-born American major general, killed leading an attack on Quebec during the American Revolution
  • Richard Mattern Montgomery (1911–1987), United States Air Force general
  • Roger de Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, counselor to William the Conqueror
  • Thomas George Montgomerie, British Army officer and geographer in India

Other

In fiction
  • Addison Montgomery, character on ABC's Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice
  • Aria Montgomery, character on Pretty Little Liars
  • Mike Montgomery, character on Pretty Little Liars
  • Bianca Montgomery, character on All My Children
  • Charles Montgomery (American Horror Story), character on the first season of FX's American Horror Story portrayed by Matt Ross
  • Gregory Clifford Montgomery or Greg, one of the main characters from Dharma & Greg
  • Jackson Montgomery, character on All My Children
  • James "Hunter" Montgomery, character in the television series Queer as Folk
  • Madison Montgomery, character on the third season of FX's American Horror Story portrayed by Emma Roberts
  • Montgomery Montgomery, character from A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
  • Nora Montgomery, character on the first season of FX's American Horror Story portrayed by Lily Rabe
  • Captain Roy Montgomery, character on Castle (TV series)
  • Teddy Montgomery, character on 90210 (TV series)

Middle name

Given name

Fictional characters
  • Mr. Burns (C. Montgomery Burns), character from The Simpsons
  • Montgomery “Monty” de la Cruz, a character in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
  • Montgomery Fiske, character on the Disney animated series Kim Possible
  • Layton T. Montgomery, a lawyer and secondary antagonist in Dreamworks Animation film Bee Movie, portrayed by John Goodman
  • Lloyd Montgomery Garmadon, character in the Ninjago TV series and THe Lego Ninjago Movie
  • Lightning McQueen (original name: Monty McQueen), the main protagonist from the Cars franchise, voiced by Owen Wilson
  • Montgomery Montgomery, character from A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
  • Montgomery Moose, character from the animated series The Get Along Gang
  • Scotty (Star Trek) (Montgomery Scott), character on Star Trek portrayed by James Doohan and Simon Pegg
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See also

References
  1. David Dobson. The Scottish Surnames of Colonial America. Baltomore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003 p. 108.
  2. Clemens, William Montgomery (October 1916) [1916], "ORIGIN OF THE NAME OF MONTGOMERY", The Montgomery Family Magazine
  3. "Montgomery Family History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  4. "Montgomery Family Crest and Name History". HouseofNames.com. Swyrich. Retrieved April 24, 2012. External link in |publisher=, |work= (help)
  5. "Last name: Montgomery". The Internet Surname Database. Name Origin Research. Retrieved April 24, 2012. External link in |publisher=, |work= (help)
  6. Ernest Nègre, Toponymie générale de la France, Librairie Droz, 1998, p. 1668, n° 29164
  7. Albert Dauzat, Charles Rostaing, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieu en France, Librairie Guénégaud, Paris, 1979, ISBN 2-85023-076-6, p. 470b
  8. Géopatronyme : repartition of births with the surname Gommery in France
  9. Nègre, 1663
  10. Hey, David (2000). Family Names and Family History. Hambledon Continuum. p. 46. ISBN 1 85285 255 0.
  11. Barrow, GWS (1973). The Kingdom of the Scots: Government, Church and Society From the Eleventh to the Fourteenth Century. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 334.
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