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Type Surname (from location)
Usage German
Meaning & History
Habitational name for someone from either Frankfurt am Main or Frankfurt an der Oder, both places in Germany, derived from German Franke "Franconian, Frank" and Furt "ford", literally meaning "ford of the Franks". The Austrian-borne American jurist Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965) was a famous bearer of the name.