Names

Variant of Fosse.

Dutch cognate of Fortune.

From Middle English, ultimately from Latin fortuna meaning “fortune, luck, chance”. This was possibly a nickname for a gambler.

From the given name Fortunato.

Dutch cognate of Fortune.

Derived from Old French fort “stronghold”, indicating a person who lived near or worked at such a place.

Denoted a keeper or one in charge of a forest (see Forst).

Derived from Old High German forst “forest”. Probably unrelated to the Old French word forest, which was derived from Latin, Old High German forst was derived from foraha meaning “fir tree”.

Derived from Swedish fors meaning “waterfall” and berg meaning “mountain”.

Name for someone who lived near ferns, from Old High German farn “fern”.