Bort (name)
Bort is an English name meaning "fortified".[1] It is also an eastern Ashkenazic surname that refers to a man with a remarkable beard. It originates from the Yiddish word "bord" and the German "Bart", which both mean "beard". It may also originate from the Polish word "borta", a loanword from the German "borte" meaning "braid" or "galloon".[2][3]
A keychain with a license plate displaying the name "Bort".
The name is used as a running gag in a 1994 episode of The Simpsons, "Itchy & Scratchy Land".[4] The gag is revisited in the 2017 episode "The Cad and the Hat".
People
Notable people with the name include:
- Børt-Erik Thoresen (1932–2011), Norwegian television host and 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
References
- Bort - Boy Baby Name - Origin and Meaning of Bort
- Bort Name Meaning & Bort Family History at Ancestry.com
- Bort, Name Meaning, Origin, Detailed Name Information & Meaning of Names at NameLab - FamilyEducation.com
- Siegel, Alan (7 October 2014). "What Real-Life "Bort" License Plates Tell Us About the Power of The Simpsons". Slate. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
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