Given name & surname · also Old French
Mounce
“fort”
Mounce is a surname with more than one origin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
As an English surname of Norman origin, Mounce possibly goes back to Gaulish *dūnon, meaning “fort.”
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Where it comes from
As an English surname of Norman origin, it comes from Old French Moion.
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How it developed
In English usage, Mounce developed from Måns.
Mounce’s family of names
In English usage, Mounce developed from the Swedish form Måns.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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