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Le nom de famille Pratt est d'origine anglaise. C'était un surnom pour un filou intelligent, du vieil anglais «proett», astuce, artisanat, rusé, astucieux, qui est utilisé comme surnom au XIe siècle. Le moyen anglais « pratt(e) » n'est enregistré comme mot de vocabulaire qu'au XVe siècle. Le mot surnom est dérivé de "un eke-nom" ou d'un nom ajouté, et puisque les noms de famille sont à l'origine des noms ajoutés pour aider à l'identification, tous les noms de famille sont, en un sens, des surnoms. Le nom peut également être dérivé du français-latin (vieux français « prat » ; français « pré » ; latin « prat-um » - un pré), « habitant d'un pré ». Le premier exemple est Lefwinus Prat c1080, un surnom en vieil anglais que le document explique « (id est) Astutus, quod ab inimicis saepe captus caute evaserit ». Pratt est le nom de famille des marquis et des comtes Camden. Ils descendent ...
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Argent, on a chevron sable, between three pellets, each charged with a martlet of the field, as many mascles or.
Coat of arms of family Pratt from England (co. Norfolk). Source of the Blazon: "The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales" by Sir Bernard Burke, London 1884
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