Given name & surname
Mort
“of the still water; of the dead sea”·“from the town near the moor”
Mort is a variant of Morty. In French use, Morty carries the interpretation “of the still water; of the dead sea.” In English use, Mort is a diminutive of Morton. One English interpretation is “from the town near the moor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mort is a variant of Morty. In French use, Morty carries the interpretation “of the still water; of the dead sea.” In English use, Mort is a diminutive of Morton. One English interpretation is “from the town near the moor.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Mort is a diminutive of Morton. An origin associated with Morton is Old English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Mort is a diminutive of Morton. In French usage, Mort is a diminutive of Mortimer.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1904. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Mort is a diminutive of Morton. The history of Morton gives this family its wider story. Morton’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Mort through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 129
- 129 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1956. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 204 as a first name in 2020; 2,488 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mort’s family of names
In English usage, Mort is a diminutive of Morton. In English usage, Mort has a later derivative in Mortti. Mort has a related form in Morty.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mort has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mort
- Mort ShumanAmerican songwriter (1938–1991)
- Mort SahlCanadian-born American comedian (1927–2021)
- Mort WalkerAmerican comic strip cartoonist (1923–2018)
- Mort MillsAmerican actor (1919-1993)
- Mort DruckerAmerican caricaturist and comics artist (1929–2020)
- Mort WeisingerAmerican writer (1915–1978)
- Mort GarsonCanadian-born composer, arranger, songwriter, and pioneer of electronic music (1924-2008)
- Mort CooperMajor League Baseball pitcher (1913-1958)
- Mort KünstlerAmerican artist (1931-2025)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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