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    The surname Mountbatten

    A German surname.

    Pronounced /maʊ̯ntˈbætn̩/ 3 syllables Soundex M531

    Origin

    German origin

    Partial calque of German Battenberg (literally “Batten mountain”), equivalent to mount + Batten. The name was anglicised by Prince Louis of Battenberg and his children and nephews on 14 July 1917 after renouncing their German titles, due to anti-German feeling during World War I. They had considered an alternative translation, Battenhill, but later rejected it. The neighbourhood is named after Lord Louis Mountbatten (1900–1979).

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    Famous Mountbattens

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma
      British aristocrat (1901-1960)
    • Lord Ivar Mountbatten
      British aristocrat, farmer, geologist, and businessman, born 1963

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    • Montbatten

    Mountbatten has the Soundex code M531, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M531.

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    Questions

    Where does the surname Mountbatten come from?
    Partial calque of German Battenberg (literally “Batten mountain”), equivalent to mount + Batten. The name was anglicised by Prince Louis of Battenberg and his children and nephews on 14 July 1917 after renouncing their German titles, due to anti-German feeling during World War I. They had…
    Who is the most famous person named Mountbatten?
    Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, British aristocrat (1901-1960), followed by Lord Ivar Mountbatten.
    Where is the surname Mountbatten most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mountbatten in the United Kingdom.
    How do you pronounce Mountbatten?
    Mountbatten is /maʊ̯ntˈbætn̩/, 3 syllables.
    What are other spellings of Mountbatten?
    Montbatten.