Vadgama Family History
Vadgama Surname Meaning
Hindu unexplained. Perhaps a reduced form of Vasco da Gama the name of the great Portuguese navigator (about 1469–1524) who landed in Calicut Kerala (modern name: Kozhikode) in 1498 opening the way for the European spice trade with India and Portuguese colonial expansion in the East.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
