Mountjoy Family History
Mountjoy Name Meaning
English (Devon and Gloucestershire; of Norman origin): habitational name ultimately from Montjoie a crusaders’ name derived from that of the mountain in Palestine from which the first view of Jerusalem was obtained. The name was adopted for several places in western Europe (notably Montjoie-Saint-Martin in Manche) and this or the original could have given rise to the English surname.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022