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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • South German : unexplained; perhaps a respelling of Gänge, a nickname from Middle High German genge ‘fit’, or a pet form of Johann, a variant of the personal name Johannes.
  • South German : unexplained; perhaps a respelling of Gänge, a nickname from Middle High German genge ‘fit’.

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