Släkthistoria för Floater
Floater Vad efternamn betyder
perhaps for a boatman or sailor from a derivative of Middle English flote flout floit flute (Old English flota) ‘(flat-bottomed?) boat’. This is compatible with the occupation of Rog. Floyter fisshmanger 1381 in York Freemen's Register . See also Floate.alternatively for one who makes or uses a float Middle English flote (+ -er) ‘tool for smoothing the surface of something’ such as a bow or a pewter vessel as in recorded examples in MED . See also Floate.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
