English and French: topographic name for someone who lived by
or in a deep valley, from Middle English, Old French gorge
‘gorge’, ‘ravine’ (from Old French gorge ‘throat’). There are
various places in England and France named with this word, and the
surname may be a habitational name from any of these.
German:
unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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