German: variant of Abt.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic):
habitational name from Apt, the Yiddish name of Opatów in Kielce
voivodeship, Poland. The place name (in German, Yiddish, and Polish)
is from a root meaning ‘abbot’, the place having been named for the
local abbey.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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