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belt Name Meaning and History

  1. English and North German: metonymic occupational name for a leather belt or strap maker, from Middle English belt(e), Middle Low German balt.
  2. German: from a short form of the Germanic personal name Baldher (see Belter).
  3. North German: habitational name from a place called Beelte (see Belter 2).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of belt Families in the US in 1920
Number of belt families
 64-126
 22-63
 1-21
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