Släkthistoria för Highgate
Highgate Vad efternamn betyder
from Middle English heigh(e) ‘high’ + gat(e) ‘gateway’ (Old English hēah + geat). The name may be topographic denoting a dweller ‘(by the) high gate’ or toponymic for someone from a place so called such as Highgate (Middx). Compare Hyatt.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
