Horta Surname Meaning & Origin
What the Horta last name means, where the surname began and how it spread.
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Meaning and origin of the Horta last name
Meaning of the Horta last name: garden / from Horta. Horta is a Portuguese surname from horta, "vegetable garden", or from places called Horta, including the Faial port in the Azores. Market-garden and island origins both feed it. Atlantic shipping once made Horta harbour—and this last name—familiar to sailors worldwide.
Arms associated with the Horta name
Coats of arms associated with the Horta surname follow Portuguese heraldry, each set out in a short blazon.
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Horta name FAQ
What does the Horta name mean?
Garden / from Horta. Common variants include Hortas.
Where does the Horta surname come from?
It originates in Portugal, and is also found in Brazil, the United States and Angola.
Is there a Horta coat of arms?
Arms were granted to individuals rather than to everyone with a surname. Herald Lab paints a personalized Horta coat of arms in museum style, based on historic heraldry.
Sources: José Pedro Machado, Dicionário Onomástico Etimológico da Língua Portuguesa (Lisboa, 1984); Dictionary of American Family Names (Oxford).