Family name origins & meanings
- French (Trémont) : habitational name from places in Maine-et-Loire, Meuse, Orne, and Aisne, meaning ‘over the hill’.
- In Canada the name is documented in Sorel in 1675, and was borne by an Italian from Piedmont. The name is variously given as De Trémon and Trémont; it is a secondary surname to a family otherwise known as Salvaye, Salvail, Salvaille, Salvay, and Serail.