as a Last Name
- 8,701
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Armour
Meaning & Origins
Scottish and northern Irish: from Middle English, Old French armure, blended with the agent noun armer (see Armer), hence an occupational name for a maker of arms and armor. The collective noun armure denoted offensive weapons as well as the more recently specialized sense of protective gear.
| 4,117th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 8,701
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Virgin Island
- has the most people named Armour per capita
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