Fortemps is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 8 characters long in length.
Family Name / Last Name: Fortemps
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Germany
Meaning:
Lastname Fortemps is a variation of Forty. Forty is used by the Scottish poet Douglas, in the sense of brave. French fort. Hence these names probably refer to the courage of their original owners.
Family name Fortemps is the form of Fortner. A combatant in a tilting match.
An adaptation of Fort. French Le Fort. Strong, powerful.
Variant form of the Ortiz. The son of Ordono meaning "the unfortunate".
Surname is the derivation of Fort. Descendant of Fort meaning "strong"; the strong man.
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S. Fortemps was 26 years old when he migrated to Pittsburg on November 2, 1891. He lived in Germany where he worked as priest and took La Touraine from Havre.
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