Surname Spotlight: Mortimore

It is easy to miss Mortimore in an index if you only search for Mortimer. Taken at its root, Mortimore points to “One who came from Mortemer (stagnant water), in Normandy”. Records show Mortimore as one of the forms Mortimer took over time. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written Mortimor and Mortymer.

The 2010 US Census counted 857 people named Mortimore, ranking it number 27,974 among American surnames. That puts it inside the top 50,000 US surnames.

There is no single Mortimore family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Want more than a summary? See the Mortimore family name pack.