Family name origins & meanings
- South German : occupational name for an official in charge of the legal auction of property confiscated in default of a fine; such a sale was known in Middle High German as a gant (from Italian incanto, a derivative of Late Latin inquantare ‘to auction’, from the phrase In quantum? ‘To how much (is the price raised)?’).
- German : metonymic occupational name for a cooper, from Middle High German ganter, kanter ‘barrel rack’.
- German : variant of Gander 3.
- English : occupational name for a glover, from Old French gantier, an agent derivative of gant ‘glove’ (see Gant).