Norman Names for Boys

This image of this distinguished Anglo-Scottish surname, drawn from the French place name of the ancient castle of Saint Foi de Montgomery, is rapidly shifting from fusty and formal to cool. And dashing short form Monty (or Monte) nudges it to cute. 
 Best-known bearer of the name is beautiful-but-tortured midcentury actor Montgomery Clift. Roger de Montgomery was a Norman nobleman who was made Earl of Arundel after he invaded England in 1066 and Sir Bernard Montgomery was a noted army commander in World War II. Montgomery is also the proper first name of Star Trek's engineer Scotty and, less flatteringly, the middle name of The Simpsons' evil Mr. Burns.

Montgomery

Beach boy name of the 1960s, Darrell is still a presence on the charts and may graduate into a stately surname name.

Darrell

Ultimately from the Germanic Haimo, Hamnet is a homely name, best associated with the son of William Shakespeare. Hamnet died in childhood and his name (and death) may have provided the inspiration behind the bard's famous tragedy, Hamlet.
 
The name was likely made more familiar when it appeared as the title of a by Maggie O'Farrell's 2020 novel, Hamnet, about Shakespeare, his wife Agnes, and their children. In 2025, the book was adapted into a movie, which may further familiarize people with the name.

Norman Names for Boys

The names

Montgomery

Darrell

Hamnet