Bart Family History
Bart Name Meaning
German: variant of Barth 1 ‘beard’. This name which can not be always distinguished from 3 below is also found in Poland Czechia Slovakia and Slovenia sometimes as a German translation of Slavic surnames meaning ‘beard’ or ‘bearded man’ e.g. Polish Broda Czech and Slovak Bradáč Slovenian Bradač (see Bradac ). North German: from the personal name Bart a short form of ancient Germanic names based on the element bert ‘bright brilliant’ as for example Barthold . Dutch German English French Polish Sorbian and Slovak; Czech (Bárt): from the personal name Bart (Czech Bárt) a vernacular short form of local variants of Latin Bartholomaeus (see Bartholomew ). This may also be the origin of a homonymous Slovenian surname (see 1 above). French: variant of Bard
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022