Montagu
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MON-ta-gyoo
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Montagu is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “pointed hill”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Montagu mean?
French: Norman surname, from Mont Aigu
“pointed hill”
Surname of the aristocratic Montagu family, whose heads include the Earls of Sandwich and Dukes of Manchester.
Is Montagu a girl's or a boy's name?
Montagu is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Montagu in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Montagu, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Montagu in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were given Montagu or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,043, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
- Montague 21
- Montagu 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Montagu in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
Nicknames for Montagu
- Monty 169 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Montagu
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca, Thiago, Rupert, Ezra, Cruz, Iago, Arlo, Milo, Crue, Lorenzo, Miguel, Macsen
Other spellings of Montagu
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Montagu: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/montagu, updated 20 October 2026.