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Agate English (British)
From Middle English gate, meaning a "gate" or "street", denoting a person who lived near a major city gate or street.

Apollo Italian, Spanish
From the Greek personal name Apollo. There are several saints Apollo in the Christian Church, including an Egyptian hermit and monastic leader who died in 395 ad. The personal name derives from the name in classical mythology of the sun god, Apollo, an ancient Indo-European name, found for example in Hittite as Apulana "god of the gate" (from pula "gate", cognate with Greek pylē), therefore "protector, patron".

Asamen Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 浅面 (Asamen), a clipping of 浅面門 (Asamemmon) meaning "Asamen Gate", a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.

Ashido Japanese
From Japanese 芦 (ashi) meaning "reed" and 戸 (do) meaning "door"

Bomengen English (American), Norwegian (Rare)
Name created from during immigration from Norway to the United States in either the late 19th or early 20th century meaning, "The farm with the big gate."

Colgate English
habitational name from Colgates in Kent named with Old English col "charcoal" and gæt "gate" indicating a gate leading into woodland where charcoal was burned... [more]

Daimon Japanese
From Japanese 大 (dai) meaning "big, great" and 門 (mon) meaning "gate, door".

Deguchi Japanese
From Japanese 出 (de) meaning "exit" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Dotani Japanese (Rare)
戸 (Do) means "door" or 藤 (do) means "wisteria". 谷 (Tani) means "valley".

Douchi Japanese
Possibly from 戸 (do) meaning "door" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Durward English, Scottish (?)
Means "guardian of the door, door-keeper" (cf. Durward). A fictional bearer of the surname is Quentin Durward, eponymous hero of the novel (1823) by Sir Walter Scott.

Ecca Italian
From Sardinian ecca "gate".

Eguchi Japanese
From Japanese 江 (e) meaning "inlet, bay" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Fukuguchi Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Gayakwad Indian, Marathi
From a nickname derived from Marathi गाय (gay) meaning "cow" and कवाड (kavad) meaning "door".

Genova Italian
habitational name from Genoa (Italian Genova) in Liguria which during the Middle Ages was one of the great seaports of the Mediterranean and a flourishing mercantile and financial center... [more]

Hamato Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach; seashore" and 戸 (to) meaning "door; doorway".... [more]

Heygate English
From a location which is either "hay gate" (hay + Old English geat) or "high gate" (heáh + geat).

Higuchi Japanese
From Japanese 樋 (hi) meaning "gutter, trough" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Hiott Anglo-Saxon
From the Anglo-Saxon town of Ayott, which means “at the high gate”.

Hiraguchi Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Horiguchi Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Iguchi Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) "well, mine shaft, pit" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Iwado Japanese (Rare)
Iwado means "rock door". Iwado from Holyland is a character bearing this surname

Kabu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蕪 (Kabu), a clipping of 蕪 (Kabumon) meaning "Kabu Gate", a name of a group of several households, that was in the division of Kami in the area of Noda in the city of Izumi in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan, for the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.... [more]

Kadohata Japanese
Kado means "gate" and hata means "field".

Kadohira Japanese
Kado means "gate" and hira means "peace, level, even".

Kadokawa Japanese (Rare)
Kado means "Gate" and Kawa means "River". This surname means "Gated River".

Kadomatsu Japanese (Rare)
Kado ("Gate") + Matsu ("Pine Tree").

Kadoshima Japanese (Rare)
I don't want to assume it's rare but it's definitely uncommon. Kado means "Gate" and Shima means "Island".

Kadota Japanese (Rare)
Kado means "gate" and ta means "rice paddy, field".

Kadota Japanese
From Japanese 門 (kado) meaning "gate, entrance" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kadoya Japanese
From Japanese 門 (kado) meaning "gate, entrance" and 屋 (ya) meaning "house, dwelling".

Kamado Japanese
A traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fuelled cookstove/furnace (竈 kama), while the second means "door" (門 do). Other kanji combinations are possible.

Kanbe Japanese
It's written as kan meaning "god, deity" and be meaning "door".

Kashiwado Japanese (Rare)
Kashiwa means "oak" and do means "door". ... [more]

Kawato Japanese
From 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 戸 (do) meaning "door".

Kido Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 戸 (to) meaning "door".

Kido Japanese
From Japanese 城 (ki) meaning "castle" and 戸 (to) meaning "door".

Kitakado Japanese
Kita means "north" and kado means "gate".

Kyoguchi Japanese
From Japanese 京 (kyo) meaning "capital" and 口 (guchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Laporte French
Topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a fortified town (and often was in charge of them; thus in part a metonymic occupational name), from Old French porte "gateway", "entrance" (from Latin porta, "door", "entrance"), with the definite article la... [more]

Merriott English
Either a habitational name from Merriott in Somerset. The placename may derive from Old English mere miere "mare" mere "pool" or gemære "boundary" and gæt "gate gap"... [more]

Mizoguchi Japanese
From Japanese 溝 (mizo) meaning "ditch, drain, gutter" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Mizuguchi Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Mon Japanese
Mon means "Gate".

Monma Japanese
From Japanese 門 (mon) meaning "gate, door" and 馬 (ma) meaning "horse".

Moriguchi Japanese
From 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "entrance," "mouth."

Nagato Japanese (Rare)
There might be different readings, but one is Naga meaning "chief" and to meaning "gate".... [more]

Nishiguchi Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Noto Japanese
No means "wilderness, field, plain" and to means "wisteria" or "door".

Poortman Dutch
Occupational name for a gatekeeper or topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a fortified town, from Dutch poort meaning "gate" and man meaning "man".

Porta Romansh
Derived from Romansh porta "door".

Portanova Italian, Portuguese, Galician
Habitational name from a place or locality called Portanova "new gate" from the elements neos "new" and porta "door".

Porte French
from Old French porte "gateway entrance" (from Latin porta) hence a topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a fortified town (typically the man in charge of them).

Porteous Scottish
A topographic surname for someone who lived in the lodge at the entrance to a manor house, derived from Middle English port, meaning "gateway" or "entrance", and hous meaning "house". It can also be an occupational name with similar meaning, derived from Latin portarius meaning "porter"... [more]

Portmann German
Occupational name for a gatekeeper, derived from Middle Low German port(e) meaning "gate" and man, or a topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a fortified town.

Sahara Japanese
From Japanese 左 (sa), a clipping of 左衛門尉 (saemon-no-jō) meaning "judge of senior gate guards" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow; plain; field".

Sakaguchi Japanese
From Japanese 坂 (saka) meaning "slope" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Samon Japanese (Rare)
This surname combines 左 (sa, sha, hidari) meaning "left" or 佐 (sa) meaning "assistant, help" with 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate."... [more]

Sawaguchi Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Sekiguchi Japanese
From Japanese 関 (seki) meaning "frontier pass" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Seto Japanese
Se means "riffle" and to means "door". ... [more]

Shishido Japanese
From Japanese 宍 (shishi) meaning "meat, flesh" and 戸 (to) meaning "door".

Sotohebo Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 外枦保 (Sotohebo), a clipping of 外枦保門 (Sotohebomon) meaning "Sotohebo Gate", a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan, as well as surrounding areas.

Suurvärav Estonian
Suurvärav is an Estonian surname meaning "big gate/door".

Taguchi Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Takiguchi Japanese
From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Tamon Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 多門, 多聞 or 田門 with 多 (ta, oo.i, masa.ni, masa.ru) meaning "frequent, many, much", 田 (den, ta) meaning "rice field/paddy", 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate" and 聞 (bun, mon, ki.ku, ki.koeru) meaning "ask, hear, listen."... [more]

Tobe Japanese
To ("Door") + Be ("Section, Part"). It's similar to Abe 2, kanji wise. Sunaho Tobe is a freelance illustrator and character designer.

Toguri Japanese
From Japanese 戸 (to) meaning "door" and 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut".

Tomatsu Japanese
From the Japanese 戸 (to or do) "door," "shutter" and 松 (matsu) "pine tree."

Totaka Japanese
From Japanese 戸 (to) meaning "door" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high".

Totsuka Japanese
From Japanese 戸 (to) meaning "door" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Tozawa Japanese
From Japanese 戸 (to) meaning "door" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Tungate English
habitational name from Tungate a minor place near North Walsham named from Old English tun "farmstead estate" and Old Norse gata or Old English gæt "way path road street gate".

Umon Japanese (Rare)
This surname combines 右 (u, yuu, migi) meaning "right" or 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, heaven, house, roof" with 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate."... [more]

Värav Estonian
Värav is an Estonian surname meaning "gate/door".

Westgate English
Topographic name for someone who lived near a west gate in a city, or a habitual surname for someone from Westgate. It is derived from Middle English west meaning "west" and gate "gate" (or "street" in northern and eastern areas; from Old Norse gata).

Yaguchi Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Yan Chinese
From Chinese 阎 (yán) meaning "gate", also referring to a fief that existed in the ancient state of Jin in what is now Shanxi province.

Yetman English
"gate keeper"

Zárate Spanish
Habitational surname meaning "entrance to the grove coppice".

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