At a Glance: Name: Montpellier – Origin: Occitan/Medieval Latin (root disputed) – Pronunciation: mawn-pel-YAY
Montpellier is an Occitan/Medieval Latin (root disputed) name. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Montpellier
Origin: Occitan/Medieval Latin (root disputed).
A common claim: Montpellier is said to mean 'spiny shrub hill.' Actually: Repeated on name sites, but not confirmed by the source data gathered here — the city's name origin remains genuinely debated among etymologists.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Montpellier
Phonetic: mawn-pel-YAY IPA: /mɔ̃pɛˈlje/
Popularity of Montpellier
Montpellier 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.
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