Scandinavian Meaning: The name Lamonte is a Scandinavian baby name. In Scandinavian the meaning of the name Lamonte is: Man of law.
English: habitational name from any of the various places in northern England named with the dative plural form (used originally after a preposition) of Old Norse hlaða 'barn' (dative plural hloðum, i.e. 'at the barns'), as for example Latham in West Yorkshire, Lathom in Lancashire, and Laytham in East Yorkshire.
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from the Indo-European root *leug meaning "to break". In Norse legend Loki was a trickster god associated with magic and fire. Over time he became more and more evil, and he was eventually chained to a rock by the other gods.
