German : from the
personal name Gano, or, in Austria, a short form of
Candidus, a personal name from Latin candidus ‘bright’,
‘white’, ‘clear’, ‘beautiful’ (see Kann).
German : topographic name for someone who lived near an expanse of scree,
Middle High German gant.
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