Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Armour isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1907. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Armour through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 197
- 197 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #8,979 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,979 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 154 as a first name in 2020; 7,943 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Similar names
If you love Armour, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Armand
“of the army; a soldier”
>99% boys
Arno
“an eagle-wolf”
>99% boys
Einer
“a leading warrior”
>99% boys
Albin
“from the white hill white-” · “from the white hill; whiteskinned”
>99% boys
Armond
“of the army; a soldier”
>99% boys
Alphonse
“prepared for battle; eager and ready”
>99% boys
Gardner
“one who works the earth” · “the keeper of the garden”
97% boys · 3% girls
Alpha
Alpha is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “the firstborn child; the first letter of the Greek alphabet.”
89% boys · 11% girls