Gant

in North Carolina

There are 621 people with the last name "Gant" in North Carolina.

Ranking in North Carolina

Name	Rank
Gant	1,785

is 1,781st most common Swink
is 1,782nd most common Trotter
is 1,783rd most common Barron
is 1,784th most common Mcmahon
is 1,785th most common Gant
is 1,786th most common Pendleton
is 1,787th most common Serrano
is 1,788th most common Mccallum
is 1,789th most common Seymour

Meaning & History

Gant

French and English: metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of gloves, from Old French gant ‘glove’ (of Germanic origin).

German: of uncertain origin. In the south, it may be a topographic name from Middle High German gant ‘scree’, or a habitational name from a place named with this word. Compare Gander. It could also be a metonymic occupational name for an auctioneer from Middle High German gant ‘auction’ (see Ganter 1), for which a glove (gantus, French gant) was set up as a sign (see 1). A third possibility is that it is a variant of Gans, from Low German gante ‘goose’.