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6/12/2023, 10:26 PM Paradiso36

Name Colgate
Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Edit Status Status3. usages AND description are verified

Meaning & History

Habitational name for a person from any of the places named Colgate or similar in England, from Old English col "coal, charcoal" and gæt "gate", indicating a gate leading into a woodland where charcoal was burned. A famous bearer of the name was English-American industrialist William Colgate (1783-1857), the founder of what is now the Colgate-Palmolive company.
Added 6/12/2023 by Paradiso36