Plato Family History

German Dutch and Polish: from a Latinized form of the Greek personal name Platōn which was the name of two early Christian martyrs. However, it is much better known as the name of the Greek philosopher Plato (c. 429–c. 347 BC) with reference to whom it was occasionally adopted as a humanistic name in northwest Europe during the Reformation.

English: variant of Plater perhaps sometimes altered under the influence of the name of the Greek philosopher (see 1 above).