Monfort Family History

French and Breton: habitational name from any of numerous places called Montfort from Old French mont ‘hill’ (see Mont) + fort ‘strong impregnable’ (from Latin fortis). This surname is by far most common in Brittany. It is also found in Haiti. Compare Montfort 1 see also 2 below.

Altered form of Dutch Montfoort a variant of Montfort 2 and also a cognate of the French name in 1 above and an altered form of its variant Montfort 1 (or perhaps vice versa).

English (of Norman origin): rare variant of Mountford a cognate of 1 above.