Meanings
alternative Montgomerie
- A surname from Old French.
- Bernard Montgomery (Monty), a British army officer.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A number of places in the United States:
- The capital city of Alabama, and the county seat of Montgomery County.
So when King – who had been in Atlanta for “Bloody Sunday” – telegrammed Parks about returning to Alabama to take part in a third mass march from Selma to Montgomery, her immediate answer was “Why, of course.”
2015 March 5, Douglas Brinkley, “Selma’s historic bridge deserves a better name”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2015 - A village in Kane County and Kendall County, Illinois.
- A town in Barr Township, Daviess County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Diamond Lake Township, Dickinson County, Iowa.
- A town in Grant Parish, Louisiana.
- A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, named after Richard Montgomery.
- A village in Camden Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan.
- A city in Le Sueur County, Minnesota.
- A town and village therein, in Orange County, New York.
- A city in Hamilton County, Ohio.
- A borough in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
- A small city in Montgomery County, Texas.
- A town in Franklin County, Vermont.
- A city mostly in Fayette County, West Virginia.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Montgomery Township.
- A neighbourhood in north-west Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
- A town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales, formerly the county town of Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SO2296).
- A locality in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
Origin
From a Norman surname, from a place in Normandy (Old French for "Gomeric's hill"). Gumaric was a Germanic personal name composed of *gumô (“man”) and *rīks (“ruler”) (whence the modern French surnames Gomery, Gommery and Gumery or the Galician placename Gomariz).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 蒙哥馬利 /蒙哥马利, 蒙哥馬利 /蒙哥马利
- 蒙哥馬利 /蒙哥马利 (Ménggēmǎlì)the capital city of Alabama
- 蒙哥馬利 /蒙哥马利 (Ménggēmǎlì)town in Powys, Wales
Korean 몽고메리
- 몽고메리 (monggomeri)the capital city of Alabama
Latin Mons Gomerici
- Mons Gomericithe capital city of Alabama
Portuguese Montgomery
- Montgomerythe capital city of Alabama
Welsh Trefaldwyn
- Trefaldwyntown in Powys, Wales
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Cite this entry
Montgomery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Montgomery
“Montgomery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Montgomery. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Montgomery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Montgomery.
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