The apt Surname
apt Name Meaning and History
- German: variant of Abt.
- Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): habitational name from Apt, the Yiddish name of Opatów in Kielce voivodeship, Poland. The place name (in German, Yiddish, and Polish) is from a root meaning ‘abbot’, the place having been named for the local abbey.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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