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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (Nottinghamshire) : habitational name from an unidentified place probably deriving its name from Old English rēad ‘red’ + Old Norse gata ‘road’. There is a Redgate Wood in Kirklington, Nottinghamshire, but this place name may be of comparatively recent origin.

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