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I ike it when it's pronounced Mon-ta-gyoo, but not Mon-tag or Mon-tayg

Not a fan. Had a teacher with it as a last name and for some odd reason I thought it was feminine because she was a female teacher, maybe I thought it was her first name or something. It sounds very distinctly British and upper class and while I don't hate it, it isn't my preferred name. The literature association makes it interesting for sure, though.

It always makes me think of the word montage. (When I was younger, I actually thought Montague was pronounced like the word montage.)

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Not crazy about it as a name. It definitely sounds like something you'd see on an upper-class man. At least you could call him Monty.

It's the surname of a minor character in Harry Potter, too (I think the character's a Slytherin, only called by his surname).

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It seems preppy, in the way that most surnames-as-fns do, to me, but I like the the sound a lot.

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It also reminds me of Monroe and Montgomery, though I'd say Montague is more stylish seeming.

This message was edited 1/17/2019, 1:03 AM

It is not something I would use but cool on someone else. I love the nn Monty.

Sounds like a last name, I don't like it much.