Given name & surname

Gest

“sandy area”

Gest is a surname from German.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Gest goes back to a word meaning “sandy area.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Gest comes from German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Gest’s family of names

In Greek usage, Gest as a surname is a transliteration of Γεστ.

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German

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Gessler is a surname from German.

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