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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : from gambale ‘leg armor’, ‘greave’, ‘leggings’ (from gamba ‘leg’); a metonymic occupational name for a maker of greaves or leggings, or possibly a nickname for an habitual wearer of leggings or for someone who wore leggings of a distinctive kind.

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