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"). People with these surnames include:

Oort
  • Abraham H. Oort (born 1934), Dutch-American climatologist, son of Jan Oort
  • Frans Oort (born 1935), Dutch mathematician
  • Henricus Oort (1836–1927), Dutch theologist and philologist
  • Jan Oort (1900–1992), Dutch astronomer. Named after him:
Van Oort
Oord
Oordt
Ort
  • Bastiaan Ort (1854–1927), Dutch lawyer, judge and politician, Minister of Justice 1914–18

See also

References

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