Given name & surname
Lamont
“a man of the law”
Lamont is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “a man of the law.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “a man of the law.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1888. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lamont through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 24,189
- 24,024 boys · 165 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 1,060 babies
- 2025
- 47
- #2,739 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −36%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 47 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,739 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 35.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,040 in 1972. In 2025, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and 1 other areas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 15,436 as a first name in 2020; 6,359 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.
Lamont’s family of names
Lamont has a related form in Lamonte. Lamont has a related form in Lamond. Lamont has a related form in Lammond.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Lamont
- Marcell JacobsItalian athlete (born 1994)
- Big LAmerican rapper (1974–1999)
- U-GodAmerican rapper (born 1970)
- Lamont DozierAmerican singer-songwriter (1941–2022)
- Lamont JohnsonAmerican actor and film director (1922–2010)
- Lamont BentleyAmerican actor (1973-2005)
- Lamont HamiltonAmerican basketball player (born 1984)
- Lamont JonesAmerican basketball player (born 1990)
- Lamont PetersonAmerican boxerborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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