Gans Family History
Gans Name Meaning
German and Dutch:: from gans ‘goose’ hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who bred or tended geese or a nickname for someone who wobbled or behaved (foolishly) like a goose or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a goose. nickname for a healthy or strong person from Middle Low German gans ‘whole complete healthy’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022