Given name & surname
Belmont
“from the beautiful mountain”
Belmont is a variant of Beaumont. One French interpretation is “from the beautiful mountain.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Belmont is a variant of Beaumont. One French interpretation is “from the beautiful mountain.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Belmont is a variant of Beaumont. An origin associated with Beaumont is French.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From French bel (“beautiful”), from Italian bel.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1908. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Belmont through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 179
- 179 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,025 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. 9,025 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 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,046 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.
Belmont’s family of names
In English usage, Belmont as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Beaumont. In English usage, Belmont as a surname was borrowed from the French form Bel. Belmont has a related form in Beaumont.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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