Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗name
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA surname.
Various origins: * A variant of Galt, a Scottish surname. * Borrowed from South German Gatt, a short form of a personal name containing Middle High German gate (“companion”); compare modern German Gatte (“husband”). * Borrowed from Maltese Gatt, which could derive from Italian gatto (“cat”) or be a short form of the personal name Agatha.
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