Oort (surname)

Last updated April 16, 2025

Oort is a Dutch toponymic surname ^[1] most commonly referring to the astronomer Jan Oort. Oort was one spelling of a Middle Dutch word for 'edge' or 'end', as in "the edge of town".^[2] Variant forms are Oord, Oordt and Ort, as well as Van Oort, Van den Oord etc. ('from the edge [of town]').

Notable people with this surname

Oort

Abraham H. Oort (born 1934), Dutch-American climatologist, son of Jan Oort
Frans Oort (born 1935), Dutch mathematician
- André–Oort conjecture, a number theory conjecture by Yves André and Frans Oort
Henricus Oort [ de ] (1836–1927), Dutch theologist and philologist
Jan Oort (1900–1992), Dutch astronomer. Named after him:
- Oort cloud, a cloud of solid objects surrounding the Solar System
- Oort constants, characterizing the rotational properties of the Milky Way
- Oort (crater), a crater on Pluto
- Oort limit, theoretical edge of the Oort cloud
- 1691 Oort (1956 RB), a main-belt asteroid

Van Oort

Adam van Oort (1561/62–1641), Flemish painter
Bart van Oort (born 1959), Dutch classical pianist
Eduard Daniel van Oort (1876–1933), Dutch ornithologist
Jan van Oort (1921–2006), Dutch writer, working under the pseudonym of Jean Dulieu
Johannes (Hans) van Oort (born 1949), Dutch patristic and gnostic scholar
Hendrik van Oort (1775–1847), Dutch painter
Pieter van Oort [ de; nl ] (1804–1834), Dutch painter and illustrator, son of Hendrik
- Named after him: Vanoort's crow, an Indonesian butterfly

Oord

Thomas Jay Oord (born 1965), American theologian and philosopher
Pieter van Oord (born 1961), CEO of the Dutch dredging company "Van Oord"
Willem van der Oord (1919–1985), Dutch hydraulic engineer and diplomat

Oordt

Adri Bleuland van Oordt (1862–1944), Dutch artist and draftswoman
Gabriël van Oordt [ de; nl ] (1757–1836), Dutch theologian
Darwin Oordt (born 1944), American newspaper publisher and horse breeder
Johan Frederik van Oordt (1794–1852), Dutch theologian
Johanna Bleuland van Oordt (1865–1948), Dutch painter
María Pia van Oordt (born 2000), Peruvian sailor
Schuylar Oordt (born 1987), American football tight end

Ort

Bastiaan Ort (1854–1927), Dutch lawyer, judge and politician, Minister of Justice 1914–18

Ortt

Felix Ortt (1866–1959), Dutch civil engineer, activist, writer, and translator

References

↑ Oort at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands
↑ Oort at the Middle Dutch dictionary

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[1] Oort at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands

[2] Oort at the Middle Dutch dictionary

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