The gatewood Surname
gatewood Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name of uncertain origin. There are places
called Gate Wood End, South Yorkshire, Gatewood Hill, Hampshire, and
Gatewood House Farm, Leicestershire. The first is named from an Old
Norse geyt ‘rushing stream or spring’; the second is from Old
English gat ‘goat’; the etymology of the Leicestershire
place name is not known.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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