Bort (name)

Bort is an eastern Ashkenazi Jewish nickname for a man with a beard. It originates from the Yiddish word bord and the German Bart, which both mean 'beard'. It may also be connected to the Polish word borta, a loanword from the German borte meaning 'braid' or 'galloon'.

People
Notable people with the name include:


 * Eberhard Bort (1954–2017), writer, academic and traditional music activist
 * Eduardo Bort (1948–2020), Spanish musician
 * Joan Barreda Bort (born 1983), Spanish motorcycle racer
 * Léon Teisserenc de Bort (1855–1913), French scientist
 * Pierre Edmond Teisserenc de Bort (1814–1892), French writer and politician
 * Vitaliy Bort, Ukrainian politician