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Oort (surname)

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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

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Oort

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Van Oort

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Oord

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Oordt

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Ort

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

Ortt

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Oort at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands
  2. ^ Oort at the Middle Dutch dictionary