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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : probably a nickname from Middle High German guot ‘good’ + muot ‘spirit’. In the Middle Ages, journeymen of different trades were frequently referred to by a specific, more or less appropriate and often humorous nickname. Compare Freimuth.

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