Given name & surname

Apt

Apt is a surname from Yiddish.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Apt comes from Yiddish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Yiddish אַפּט.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Apt’s family of names

In German usage, Apt as a surname has a related form in ABBT. In English usage, Apt as a surname has a related form in ABT. In Greek usage, Apt as a surname is a transliteration of Απτ.

Walk Apt’s family in the name graph

AptΑπτAbtAbbt

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Apt has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Yiddish roots to each of them.

GermanYiddish

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Apt, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

German

Altman

“one who is prudent; an old man”

No U.S. birth series

88% boys · 12% girls

Yiddish

Hyams

Hyams is a surname from Yiddish.

No U.S. birth series

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Yiddish

Salts

“salt”

No U.S. birth series

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Yiddish

Altschuler

“old” · “schooler”

No U.S. birth series

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Yiddish

Epshteyn

Epshteyn is a surname from Yiddish.

No U.S. birth series

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Yiddish

Manne

Manne is a surname from Telugu, ultimately from Yiddish. It is used in English and Finnish.

No U.S. birth series

55% boys · 45% girls

Yiddish

Yoshke

“Yoshke son of the soldier Pantera”

No U.S. birth series

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Yiddish

Falk

“a respected woman” · “resembling a falcon; one who works with falcons”

No U.S. birth series

87% boys · 13% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Apt’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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