Fleet Family History
Fleet Name Meaning
English:: habitational name from Middle English flete ‘estuary watercourse’ (Old English flēot). The surname may be topographic for someone who lived beside an estuary or watercourse or toponymic from a place so named such as Fleet in Lincolnshire Dorset Kent Middlesex Hampshire or Holt Fleet Worcestershire. nickname for a swift runner from Middle English flete ‘swift rapid’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022