Montague
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MON-ta-gyoo
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,372 for boys
Montague is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “pointed hill”. In 2025 it ranked 1,372nd for boys in the UK (21 babies).
What does Montague mean?
French: Norman surname from a place name
“pointed hill”
From a Norman place name, Mont Aigu; Romeo belongs to the Montague family in Shakespeare's play.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Montague a girl's or a boy's name?
Montague is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Montague in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,372among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the UK were named Montague, making it the 1,372nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 960th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 53 boys.
Half of all the boys named Montague in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were given Montague or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,043, up from #1,372 for this spelling alone.
- Montague 21
- Montagu 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,306th in England and Wales.
Montague in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,372 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 29 | #1,098 |
| 2022 | 33 | #998 |
| 2021 | 33 | #993 |
| 2020 | 33 | #960 |
| 2019 | 39 | #859 |
| 2018 | 53 | #720 |
| 2017 | 51 | #748 |
| 2016 | 31 | #1,030 |
| 2015 | 30 | #1,046 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,511 |
| 2013 | 23 | #1,199 |
| 2012 | 27 | #1,099 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,433 |
| 2010 | 25 | #1,149 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,057 |
| 2008 | 31 | #947 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,257 |
| 2006 | 18 | #1,256 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,326 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,319 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
Nicknames for Montague
- Monty 169 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Montague
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Iago Rupert Crue Theodore Archie Alfred Louie Henrique Mario Percival Moses Percy
Other spellings of Montague
Montagu
More French names
Eleanor Beau Esme Darcie Darcy Genevieve Amy Esmae Arleth Elle Russell Monty Mallory Lacey Belle Quincy
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, “Montague: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/montague, updated 20 October 2026.