Gannaway Family History
Gannaway Name Meaning
English (southern): variant of Janeway a habitational name from Genoa (Middle English Geneweye Latinized as Geneva) or from Middle English Januei Geneweye (Old French Genueise) ‘citizen of Genoa Genoese’. Genoa was an independent maritime republic in the Middle Ages an important trading partner of London and other seaports in southern England.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022