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Type Surname (from nickname)
Usage French
Other Forms FormsGammelin

Meaning & History

From pet form of any of the compound personal names formed with gamal, related to Old Norse gamall, Old German gamel "old", "aged".

Possibly a respelling of German Gammelin, a habitational name from a place in Mecklenburg called Gammelin.
Added 2/19/2016 by anonymous
Edited 2/19/2016 by Lucille