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Gaither Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English gaytere
‘goatherd’, an agent derivative of Middle English gayte ‘goat’
(a northern spelling of Old English gat, or from the related
Old Norse word geit).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Gaither Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gaither families
 64 - 126  22 - 63 |
 1 - 21  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gaither families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gaither census records
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Gaither Family Origin
Gaither Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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Gaither Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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