The wingate Surname
wingate Name Meaning and History
Scottish and northern English: habitational name from any of
various place so called, for example Wingate in County Durham or
Wingates in Northumberland, named in Old English as wind-geat
‘wind gate’, i.e. a place where the wind howls through a narrow pass
or gap.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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