The platt Surname
platt Name Meaning and History
- English: habitational name from Platt or Platt Bridge in Lancashire, named in Middle English with Old French plat ‘flat’, ‘thin’ (see Platte), in the dialect sense ‘plank bridge’.
- English: topographic name from Middle English plat ‘plot of land’, ‘piece of ground’ (Old English plætt).
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from German platt ‘flat’.
- German: variant of Platte 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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