Claremont Family History
Claremont Name Meaning
from the Old French personal name Claremonde supposedly from Continental Germanic Clarmunt Claremunda. This has no explanation in E. Förstemann's Altdeutsches Namenbuch but the first element may be as in Claringbold . Some examples may belong at (2). from one of several places in France named Clermont or similar ‘clear or bright mountain’.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016