monte/ˈmɒnti/EtymologyFrom Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian, from monte.monte means A surname. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 73 out of 100.nameA surname.nounA game in which three or four cards are dealt face-up and players bet on which of them will first be matched in suit by others dealt.“A starry 20th-anniversary revival of “Topdog/Underdog,” her Pulitzer Prize-winning fable about two brothers, three-card monte and one troubling inheritance, is in previews on Broadway.”A wood or forest; timberland.