Gort Family History
Gort Name Meaning
Dutch: metonymic occupational name from gort ‘husked barley’ for a specialized milner a variant of Gorter . Catalan: nickname from gort ‘fat’. English (Suffolk): perhaps from a metathesized form of Middle English grot grut (Old English grēot) ‘gravel’; see Grote .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022