Bort (name)

Last updated October 27, 2025

Bort is an eastern Ashkenazi Jewish nickname for a man with a beard.^[1] It originates from the Yiddish word bord and the German Bart, which both mean 'beard'. It may also be connected to the Polish word borta, a loanword from the German borte meaning 'braid' or 'galloon'.^[2]^[1]

People

Notable people with the name include:

Eberhard Bort (1954–2017), writer, academic and traditional music activist
Eduardo Bort (1948–2020), Spanish musician
Joan Barreda Bort (born 1983), Spanish motorcycle racer
Léon Teisserenc de Bort (1855–1913), French scientist
Pierre Edmond Teisserenc de Bort (1814–1892), French writer and politician
Vitaliy Bort, Ukrainian politician

References

1 2 Hanks, Patrick (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.
↑ "Bort Name Meaning & Bort Family History at Ancestry.com®". www.ancestry.com.

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[hanks-1] 1 2 Hanks, Patrick (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.

[2] "Bort Name Meaning & Bort Family History at Ancestry.com®". www.ancestry.com.

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