Dutch (Van der Voort): topographic name for someone who
lived by a ford or crossing point, Middle Dutch voorde, or a
habitational name from a place named with this word, for example
Tervoort in North Brabant.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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