Art Family History
Art Name Meaning
South German: perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a farmer from Middle High German art ‘farmland’. See Artman compare Arth . Alternatively mainly in Bavaria and Austria a topographic name for someone who lived at the end of a village Middle High German ort ‘point end’. Irish: shortened form of Mac Airt (see McCart ) containing the Gaelic personal name Art ‘bear’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022