Floate Family History
Floate Name Meaning
from Middle English flote flout floit flute ‘stream river’ (Old English flot ‘a body of water’) for someone who lived by a stream or some other body of water or who lived at a place so called such as Floyte (in Tedburn Saint Mary Devon). Compare Flood and Flutter . Some early bearers may alternatively belong with (2). from Middle English flote flout floit flute ‘(flat-bottomed?) boat’ (Old English flota) for a boatman or sailor. Compare Floater Flodman .from Middle English flote ‘tool for smoothing the surface of something’ such as a bow or a pewter vessel for someone who makes or uses a float. Compare Floater .
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
