The Latimore Family Name

Clerks wrote Latimer in many ways, and Latimore is one that stuck. At root, the name means “The Latiner or translator of Latin, an interpreter”.

• The same family of names includes Lattimore, Lattimer and Latturner.
• Before spelling was fixed, Latimer was also written Latimore.
• The 2010 US Census counted 2,605 people named Latimore, ranking it number 11,988 among American surnames.
• Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

Arms associated with the name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Latimore, so the heraldry linked to Latimer is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the Latimore family name pack.