Given name & surname · also Middle English
Gault
“boar”
Gault is a surname from Middle English (ultimately Proto-West Germanic). It is used in English and French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gault goes back to Middle English galt, meaning “boar.”
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Where it comes from
Gault comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic.
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How it developed
From Middle English galt (“boar”), from Old French gaut (“woods”), from Proto-West Germanic *walþu.
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Gault’s family of names
In English usage, Gault as a surname has a related form in GAUT.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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