indicate the level to which a name has been verified.Type Surname (from given name & from location)
Usage German
Other Forms FormsOrth, Ohrt, Orte, Orto, Ohrt, Orthmann, Ohrtmann, Ordemann
Meaning & History
Either from the ancient Germanic personal name Orto, a short form of various compound names with the first element ort "point (of a sword spear)". This surname is also found in France. Compare Orth. Topographic name for someone who lived at the top of a hill or the end of a settlement from Middle High German ort in the transferred sense "tip extremity" (in modern German the word has come to mean "point spot place"). Habitational name from Ort in Bavaria, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, or Austria. German cognate of Oort and Ord.