The fortner Surname
fortner Name Meaning and History
German: variant (also Förtner) or Americanized form of
Pförtner, occupational name for the gatekeeper of a walled
town or city, or the doorkeeper in a great house, castle, or
monastery, Middle High German portenaere (from Latin
porta ‘door’, ‘gate’). Compare English Porter.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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