The gort Surname
gort Name Meaning and History
- French: from Old French gort (Gaulish gorto), denoting a particular kind of trap placed on a river bed to catch fish; the surname may have arisen as a topographic name or as a habitational name from any of numerous settlements named Le Gort in, for example, Charente, Eure-et-Loir, Loir-et-Cher.
- Variant of French Gard.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Gorts in England? | Susannah Gort | 2 |
| Gort family | Sandy Cambronne | 21 |
| The Origins of Our Last Name | Carlos Gort | 5 |
| John Gort and Rozalja Wieczorek Chicago, IL |
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| The Origins of Our Last Name | Carlos Gort | 16 |
| Family gort | Henk Böhmers | 1 |
| gort's from MI | Doris Lanier | 1 |
| Gort Aloaise/Vally |
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| Gort-ressler | Arlene Banner | 0 |
| GORT/VORK ETC | Sarah | 3 |
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