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Gates

in Iowa

There are 595 people with the last name "Gates" in Iowa.

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Gates 410
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  1. is 406th most common Franklin
  2. is 407th most common Boyer
  3. is 408th most common Clayton
  4. is 409th most common Huber
  5. is 410th most common Gates
  6. is 411th most common Parsons
  7. is 412th most common Kruger
  8. is 413th most common Behrens
  9. is 414th most common Wade

Similar Names and Nicknames

Gatewood, Gately, Gateley, Gater, Gatesy, Gatens, Gatesman, Gatenby, Gate, Gaters

Most Common First Names for Gates

Donald, David, James, John, Richard, Robert, Mary, Steven, William, Gary

Meaning & History

English: topographic name for someone who lived by the gates of a medieval walled town. The Middle English singular gate is from the Old English plural, gatu, of geat ‘gate’ (see Yates). Since medieval gates were normally arranged in pairs, fastened in the center, the Old English plural came to function as a singular, and a new Middle English plural ending in -s was formed. In some cases the name may refer specifically to the Sussex place Eastergate (i.e. ‘eastern gate’), known also as Gates in the 13th and 14th centuries, when surnames were being acquired.

Americanized spelling of German Götz (see Goetz).

Translated form of French Barrière (see Barriere).

FOREBEARS In New England, Gates was the preferred English version of the name of an extensive French family, called Barrière dit Langevin. Horatio Gates, a British military officer born in Maldon, England, in about 1728, fought on the colonial side in the American Revolution, settled in VA after the war, and died in NY.

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