The cates Surname
cates Name Meaning and History
- English: patronymic from the Old Norse byname Káti (from káti ‘boy’). (Kate was not in use as a pet form of Catherine during the Middle Ages.)
- Probably in some instances an Americanized spelling of German Goetz.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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