Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Mount 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 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mount through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13
- 13 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1927. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,240 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.
Mount’s family of names
In Greek usage, Mount as a surname is a transliteration of Μουντ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Mount, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Mose
Mose is a given name from Latin. It is used in German.
>99% boys
Worth
“enclosure”
>99% boys
Manning
“daughter of Man” · “the son of the man; the son of the hero”
95% boys · 5% girls
Myer
“a large man” · “a farmer”
85% boys · 15% girls
Meyer
“giving light” · “a large man”
85% boys · 15% girls
Morris
“a dark-skinned man; Moorish”
>99% boys
Odie
“a sweet melody” · “one who is wealthy”
>99% boys
Osborne
“a bear of God”
>99% boys