Portuguese: from the medieval personal name Gomes, probably
Visigothic in origin, from guma ‘man’. This name is also
common on the west coast of India, where it was taken by Portuguese
colonists.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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