Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : variant of Game.
  • English : from Anglo-Norman French gambon ‘ham’, a diminutive of gambe, Norman-Picard form of Old French jambe ‘leg’ (Late Latin gamba), hence probably a nickname for someone with some peculiarity of the legs or gait.

Join the Family

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe