Submitted NameRevisions Save Type Surname (from location) Usage Frisian Pronounced Pron. GANN-TAA [key] Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 4/28/2021 by Registration Edited 4/29/2021 by Registration Meaning & History Probably a habitational name for someone from Bant, in the 17th century an island in Friesland, now the village north of Emmeloord in the Noordoostpolder.