Kamradt Family History
Kamradt Name Meaning
German:: metonymic occupational name for a miller from Middle High German kamprat Low German kamrat ‘cogwheel (in a mill)’; see Kamprath . alternatively perhaps a nickname from the vocabulary word Kamerad ‘comrade’ a 16th-century loanword from French camarade from Italian camerata originally someone who shared the same room or quarters; or from the old personal name Gamerat (reflected for instance in Gahmuret the name of Parzifal's father in the courtly epic by Wolfram von Eschenbach). variant of Gamradt an East German name of Slavic origin (see Gamroth ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022