The gott Surname
gott Name Meaning and History
- German: from short form of the various Germanic compound personal names with the first element god ‘good’ or god, got ‘god’.
- South German and Swiss German: from Middle High German got(t)e ‘godfather’.
- English (of Norman origin): from a personal name having the same etymology as 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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