Fortnum

English

Alternative forms

• Fortnam

Etymology

From Old French fort (“strong”) + anon (“young foal”), probably a nickname of some sort.

Proper noun

Fortnum (plural Fortnums)

1. A surname from Old French.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Fortnum is the 22108^th most common surname in England, belonging to 195 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fortnum”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 592.