The story
- Old French · derived frommont“hill”
- English todayMowbray
English habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Montbray, in Normandy. The name of the village comes from Old French mont (“hill”) + brai (“mud, slime”).
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchmont all →
MontaguMontacute
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.