At a Glance
- Origin
- Old French
- Gender
- Unisex
- Pronunciation
- mont-PEEL-yer
Montpelier is an Old French unisex name. It appears in our list of 175+ State-Inspired Baby Names as American as They Come.
Meaning & Origin of Montpelier
Origin: Old French.
A common claim: mount of the olive grower Actually: Montpelier is named after the French city Montpellier, whose linguistic origins are unknown and unrelated to olive growers.
How to Pronounce Montpelier
mont-PEEL-yerIPA /mɒntˈpiːljər/
Popularity of Montpelier
Montpelier doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
Lists That Include Montpelier
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