Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. Check marks indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
 
2a. listed usages are verified
Type Surname (from location)
Usage Dutch

Meaning & History

Means "from Gemert" in Dutch, the name of a village in North Brabant, Netherlands, possibly derived from Old Germanic mari "lake" (compare Old Dutch meri) combined with the collectivising prefix ga-.
Added 10/27/2024 by jocatchi