as a Last Name
- 12,767
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Forte
Meaning & Origins
Italian: from the personal name Forte, from Late Latin fortis ‘strong’ (see Fort) or from a short form of a medieval personal name formed with this element, as for example Fortebraccio (‘strong arm’).
| 2,840th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 12,767
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Rhode Island
- has the most people named Forte per capita
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