Forte Family History
Forte Name Meaning
Italian: from the personal name Forte from Late Latin fortis ‘strong brave’ (see Fort ) or from a short form of a medieval personal name formed with this element as for example Fortebraccio (‘strong arm’). Italian: nickname from forte ‘strong’. Compare Lo Forte . Portuguese Galician and Spanish: cognate of 1 and 2 above and of Spanish Fuerte . Compare Fortes . English: variant of Fort . Slovenian: from a short form of the personal name Fortunat Latin Fortunatus (see Fortunato ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022