Umfleet Family History

Altered form of English (Worcestershire) Anfleet or Amphlett a topographic name from Middle English an flete ‘by the stream’ in this case most probably the River Severn.

Old English flēot ‘stream, estuary, creek’ is a common placename element in English (see Fleet).

Holt Fleet ‘the wood by the river’ is the name of a place on the River Severn near where this surname was established in the 14th century.