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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : occupational name for someone employed at a fortress or castle, from a derivative of Old French fort ‘stronghold’ (from the adjective fort ‘strong’).
  • French : possibly a variant of Forestier.
  • French : A Fortier from Calvados, Normandy, France, settled in Quebec city, in 1664.

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