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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from Middle English game, gamen ‘amusement’, ‘pastime’ (Old English gamen), hence a nickname for a merry or sporty person.
  • German (Gä(h)me) : from a Germanic personal name formed with Old High German gaman ‘fun’, ‘game’.

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