A Scottish surname from Old Norse. It makes me a little sad that African Americans pull on the ancestry of their colonizers for inspiration when there is such a wealth of name inspiration to be found in West Central Africa (where most slaves were taken from) Abiola or Ikenna for example would be far more fitting and empowering than Lamont or DeShawn.
― Anonymous User 7/19/2022, edited 7/19/2022
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My father's middle name (and as well as his maternal uncle's middle name and maternal grandfather's middle name) is LaMont. In doing family research I have also seen it spelled "Lamonte".
My surname is VERY similar to this.My impression of it is that it's kind of like McKenna. It sounds very nice and refined as a surname, but trashy as a first name.