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gift Name Meaning and History
- English: possibly from the vocabulary word gift used as a personal name, in the sense ‘gift of God’, with reference to a child. Compare Theodore. However, the name is most common in Cornwall and may be of Cornish origin.
- German: unexplained. Apparently an unflattering nickname meaning ‘poison’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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