Given name & surname

Goates

Goates is a surname, possibly from German.

Original GermanGötz

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Goates possibly comes from German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Goates as a surname developed from Götz.

Goates’s family of names

In English usage, Goates as a surname developed from the German form Götz. In English usage, Goates as a surname has a related form in Goate.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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Across languages 1

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