Släkthistoria för Floate
Floate Vad efternamn betyder
from Middle English flote flout floit flute ‘stream river’ (Old English flot ‘a body of water’) for someone who lived by a stream or some other body of water or who lived at a place so called such as Floyte (in Tedburn Saint Mary Devon). Compare Flood and Flutter. Some early bearers may alternatively belong with (2). from Middle English flote flout floit flute ‘(flat-bottomed?) boat’ (Old English flota) for a boatman or sailor. Compare Floater Flodman.from Middle English flote ‘tool for smoothing the surface of something’ such as a bow or a pewter vessel for someone who makes or uses a float. Compare Floater.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016