Släkthistoria för Gait
Gait Vad efternamn betyder
from Old Scandinavian geit ‘goat’ possibly also used to denote a goatherd. In later times it may have been confused with Gate. from central Old French gaite ‘watchman’; compare Wait. Some examples especially in more northerly areas may belong with (1). In later times it may have been confused with Gate.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
