Updated June 9, 2019

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Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from a derivative of Middle High German gou ‘country’, a topographic name for someone from the country, or (in the Rhine area) an occupational name for a squire, farmer, or local craftsman.
  • German : habitational name, probably for someone from Gauern near Gera in Thuringia or possibly from Gauernitz on the Saale river.