Lemmon Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

There is no single Lemmon family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

Family name meaning

Long before computers fixed spellings, Lemmon and Lemon were used side by side. The family name meaning is “The monk”, the same as for Lemon.

The extra “m” in Lemmon is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Lemmon with 6,170 bearers, at rank 5,633. Names that sound alike, such as Lemoine and Lemoyne, are easily confused in old records.

Want more than a summary? See the Lemmon family name pack.