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fort Name Meaning and History

  1. English, French, and Catalan: nickname from Old French, Middle English, Catalan fort, ‘strong’, ‘brave’ (Latin fortis). In some cases it may be from the Latin personal name derived from this word; this was borne by an obscure saint whose cult was popular during the Middle Ages in southern and southwestern France.
  2. English and French: topographic name for someone who lived near a fortress or stronghold, or an occupational name for someone employed in one. Compare Fortier 1.
  3. Czech (Fort): variant of Forst.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of fort Families in the US in 1920
Number of fort families
 65-128
 22-64		 1-21
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Threads: 157 - Messages: 455
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From Foert to Feurt to Fort Pam Robinson 8
Christopher Fort bilback 3
Fort Tuskegee AL / Cleveland OH JoAnn Norman 2
E. Roy Fort of Jacksonville, TX 1926 drbrownlee 0
Fort-McDowell, Kershaw Co., SC ThomasFort 0
Fort Family -Tuskegee/Ohio JoAnn Norman 1
NEW BOOK ThomasFort 1
Elias Fort Family/VA FrankiCramer 0
Camillas Henry Fort and his son Robert L. Fort benaewilliams 3
Mary Fort Bynum born abt. 1725 KatyH321 1
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