Given name & surname · also German
Pott
“pool; mine shaft, pit”
Pott is a surname from German, ultimately from Low German. It is used in English and German.
Original GermanPotts
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pott goes back to Low German Pütt, meaning “pool; mine shaft, pit.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Pott comes from German, and ultimately from Low German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Low German Pütt (“pool; mine shaft, pit”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Pott’s family of names
In German usage, Pott as a surname has a related form in POTTS.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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