English and North German: metonymic occupational name for a
leather belt or strap maker, from Middle English belt(e),
Middle Low German balt.German: from a short
form of the Germanic personal name Baldher (see Belter).North German: habitational name from a place called Beelte (see
Belter 2).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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