Family name origins & meanings
- Spanish, Portuguese, Jewish (Sephardic), and Italian : habitational name from any of numerous places called Belmonte (‘beautiful mountain’), especially one in Portugal and another in Cuenca province, Spain.
- Belmonte is the name of a Sephardic Jewish family in Germany, who originated in the city of Belmonte in Portugal, spread to Italy, and reached Germany via the Spanish Netherlands before being brought to North America.