as a Last Name
- 9,385
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Gandy
Meaning & Origins
English (of Norman origin): of uncertain origin. The most plausible suggestion is that it is a nickname for someone who was in the habit of wearing gloves, from Old French ganté, a derivative of gant ‘glove’ (see Gant) or an occupational name for a glove-maker, Old French gantier. However, a certain Hugh de Gandy was High Sheriff of Devon in 1167; it is possible that his surname is a habitational name from some unidentified place in France or even from Ghent in Flanders (see Gaunt 1).
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 9,385
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Mississippi
- has the most people named Gandy per capita
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