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Gorges Name Meaning

English and French: topographic name for someone who lived by or in a deep valley, from Middle English, Old French gorge ‘gorge’, ‘ravine’ (from Old French gorge ‘throat’). There are various places in England and France named with this word, and the surname may be a habitational name from any of these. German: unexplained.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


Similar surnames: Borges, Goates, Forge, Georger, Fornes, Torres, Gorgas, Sorge, Lorge

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Gorges Family Origin

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Gorges Family Occupations

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  • Stone Cutter

    100%

In 1881, the most common Gorges occupation in Canada was Stone Cutter. 100% of Gorges's were Stone Cutters.

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