The fleet Surname
fleet Name Meaning and History
- habitational name from one of the places called Fleet, in Dorset, Hampshire, Kent, and Lincolnshire, or from Holt Fleet on the Severn river in Worcestershire, all named with Old English fleot ‘stream’ or ‘estuary’. It may also be a topographic name from the same word used independently.
- nickname for a swift runner, from Middle English flete ‘fleet’, ‘rapid’ (probably from Old English fleotan ‘to float or glide rapidly’, and so ultimately akin to 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Fleets of Buckinghamshire | Beverley Fleet | 13 |
| REWARD -> Frederick Fleet | Eric C. Fleet | 5 |
| Frederick Fleet - Lookout on Titanic |
 cbrown2871
| 1 |
| Fleets of Hardwick cum Weedon |
Tezz_FamilyHistory
| 2 |
| Fleet surname, Manchester England | Hazel Fleet-Barlow | 9 |
| Frederick Fleet | Dianne Bevan | 10 |
| Robert Bennett FLEET (1874-1965) VA.> CA |
jamesed3
| 8 |
| FLEET, England>VA | Jerry Ferren | 5 |
| William Henry Fleet |
JULIEGREGORY59
| 0 |
| Robert or William George or Emily Fleet (Surrey, England 1800's) |
woodclan_1
| 5 |
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